Gulf Air boosts summer schedule
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Bahrain flag-carrier Gulf Air has added more flights, additional seats and more convenient flight options to several key destinations, in addition to opening up three new destinations this summer.The airline claimed that more than 1700 seats have been added per week to its existing flights to meet increasing passenger demand, while commencing services to three new destinations- Kabul, Copenhagen and Nairobi. “Summer has always been a busy season with schools closed for vacation and people travelling abroad to spend their holidays in popular summer destinations visiting friends, family and relatives or simply to escape the heat, and we have always seen a tremendous rush for tickets,” commented Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Karim Makhlouf.The schedule revamp will see flights to Manila rise from 10 to 12 times per week using an A330 with a capacity increase of 20% from 11 May. From 15 May, services to Istanbul will increase from four to five per week with an A320 aircraft adding a 153% capacity increase replacing the current Embraer E70.Flights to Colombo will also rise from seven to eight per week with a 14% added capacity from 17 May, while frequencies to Kathmandu increase from 11 to 12 times per week using an A320 from 21 May.Effective 5 June, frequencies to Larnaca will increase from five to six per week with a weekly capacity increase of 20%, while flights to Bangkok will rise from seven to nine per week from 1 June operating an A 330 aircraft with a 28% additional capacity.
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