Gulf Air Commence Bahrain – Sydney Flights!!!

DAILY FLIGHTS TO SYDNEY TAKE OFF
23 Nov,2003

Gulf Air’s inaugural flight to Sydney took off from Gate 11 at Bahrain International Airport where a group of guests and passengers gathered to mark the commencement of direct daily services to the Australian port city.

Operating its fleet of Airbus A340-300 out of Bahrain, Gulf Air will offer a three-class code share service with Olympic Airways on flights to Sydney via Singapore, providing the shortest elapsed time on flights to and from Australia.

Flights to Singapore will increase from the present three times a week to a daily service.

Simultaneous with the commencement of flights to Australia, Gulf Air will start non-stop daily services between Athens and Bahrain on Airbus A320 to give passengers from Greece a brief connection of just over an hour to the Sydney flight.

The schedule offers passengers from the Gulf and Mediterranean countries the shortest, most convenient flights to and from Australia, and provides excellent connections to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Cairo, Larnaca, Tehran, Istanbul and all the Gulf destinations.

“There is enormous potential for growth in trade and tourism between Australia and the Gulf,” said James Hogan, the airline’s President and Chief Executive. “By providing stable air links, Gulf Air will play a vital role in facilitating and supporting this process.”

The inaugural flight also sees the introduction of Gulf Air’s world first Sky Nanny. Specially trained by Norland College, the sky nannies will provide specialist child care for children up to the age of 12 from the moment of boarding the flight to the end of the journey.