Manchester adds Middle Eastern link

The Northwest hub now offers routes from six Gulf airlinesHot off the heels of adding Kuwait Airways to its ranks, Manchester Airport has confirmed that Gulf Air is to connect the Northwest hub to its Bahrain base from June 1.Mancunians have long been able to swap Deansgate for Dubai or Doha, or hop from Ardwick to Abu Dhabi thanks to links from Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. More recently, however, they’ve also been able to jet off to Jeddah