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Gulf Air (Arabic: طيران الخليج, romanized: Ṭayarān al-Khalīj) is the flag carrier of Bahrain, which was founded in 1950.Headquartered in Muharraq, the airline operates scheduled flights to 61 destinations in 30 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Gulf airlines are airlines based in countries around the Persian Gulf. Since the establishment of especially Emirates , Qatar Airways , and Etihad Airways , the three airports in Dubai , Doha , and Abu Dhabi , have emerged as hubs and competitors to established airlines in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Gulf Aviation Company was established in Bahrain in 1949. The founder was a former RAF pilot, Freddie Bosworth. Bosworth's original business plan was based on establishing scheduled feeder and cabotage services between some of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, alongside charter/air taxi services, aircraft handling services and flying training services.
These included weekly services to Karachi, Singapore, Hong Kong and three times a week to Sydney. 1950 was a significant year not only for Muharraq as an international airport, but also for Bahrain's commercial aviation history. In this year, a new local airline, Gulf Aviation Company, was formed – the forerunner of Gulf Air.
Air Djibouti: Djibouti: Djibouti Government minor shareholder [7] Air France: France: 28.6% (through the Air France–KLM holding company). Dutch state has a 9.3% stake [8] Air Greenland (Greenlandair) Greenland: 100% [9] Air Kiribati: Kiribati: 100% [10] Air Koryo: North Korea: 100% Air Macau: Macau: 66.9% Air China (majority shareholder ...
As of March 2024, Gulf Air flies to the following destinations from its hub at Bahrain International Airport. [1] [2] List. Country City Airport Notes Refs
Gulf & Caribbean Cargo / Contract Air Cargo: TRANSAUTO United States GUF Gulf African Airlines: GULF AFRICAN The Gambia GF GFA Gulf Air: GULF AIR Bahrain GAT Gulf Air Inc: GULF TRANS United States GCN Gulf Central Airlines: GULF CENTRAL United States SFY Gulf Flite Center: SKY FLITE United States GPC Gulf Pearl Air Lines: AIR GULFPEARL Libya GLF
Gulf Traveller was the all-economy full service subsidiary airline of Gulf Air. Its main base was Abu Dhabi International Airport. [1] It was briefly relocated between Bahrain and Muscat airports after Abu Dhabi pulled out of the Gulf Air consortium in 2005, and in May 2007 Oman also pulled out of the group leaving Bahrain as sole owner of Gulf ...