Gulf Air increases seat capacity on flights to Bahrain
Encouraged by the strong passenger growth witnessed across the network during the summer ‘12 season, Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air will be increasing its seat capacity on flights between Cairo and Bahrain in its winter timetable that has been brought forward effective 10 September 2012.
Services to Cairo have been strengthened by introducing a combination of wide body A330 and larger capacity brand new A321 aircraft to accommodate more passengers. The flight schedule offers excellent connections via Bahrain in both directions to the GCC capitals, Saudi Arabia, Bangkok, Manila and India. With this flight combination 100 tons of cargo can also be transported each week in each direction.
Gulf Air’s winter timetable comes with a range of features that include more frequencies between Bahrain and key GCC, MENA and Asian destinations and upgraded fleet to certain destinations providing greater capacity.
Announcing the winter schedule, Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer Mr Karim Makhlouf said, “Following the encouraging passenger growth we witnessed during the summer, we foresee the demand to continue through to the winter. Cairo particularly has seen excellent growth with high seat factors; therefore we have decided to increase the seat capacity for this route and bring forward our winter schedule that usually begins in late October to accommodate more passengers and facilitate better and convenient travel options.”
He continued, “Our leadership position in the Middle East is further strengthened in this schedule with additional frequencies while our ever popular Asian sector is also being bolstered with more capacity and additional frequencies.”
“We are encouraged by the strong support from our customers for whom we are a carrier of choice as we offer one of the youngest fleets with an average age of just 4.7 years, the best network of destinations, excellent connectivity to different market segments, consistent and high quality products, state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment including the world’s first live TV, broadband internet and mobile phone services on long haul routes, and above all, a real value-for–money to our customers” Mr. Makhlouf concluded.
The new schedule is effective from 10 September and tickets can be booked at gulfair.com, through the Gulf Air World Wide Contact Centre at (+973) 17373737, via Gulf Air’s Facebook page or through any of Gulf Air’s authorised travel agents.
Gulf Air’s full winter timetable is available to download at gulfair.com. The website also contains an interactive route map providing arrival, departure and connection times on passengers’ chosen dates at the click of a button.
