Friday 23 March 2012

Fly Smooth with Gulf Air

Gulf Air is the principle flying carrier in Bahrain with its headquarter located in Muharraq near Bahrain International Airport. The key people connected with Gulf Air are Samer Majali (CEO) and Talal Al Zain (Chairman). The primary hub of Gulf Air is Bahrain International Airport (BAH) located in Muharraq which is an island at the northern end of Bahrain. It possesses two more mini hubs other than the primary hub which are Dubai International Airport (DXB) located in the Southeast of Dubai and Muscat International Airport located in Oman.

Falcon Flyer is the frequent flyer program of Gulf Air. This is a loyalty program where passengers can earn points and miles which bring a variety of advantages and benefits like priority booking, check in, boarding, hotel accommodation and many more by redeeming those points and there are three types of Falcon Flyer membership which are Blue, Silver and Gold. The Falcon Gold Lounge is the airport lounge owned by Gulf Air at three major destinations which are Bahrain, Dubai and London. This lounge provides high class luxurious comfort and privacy to their premium passengers. Facilities at lounge include dining room to have complimentary food and snacks, childcare assistance for children, premium seating area, business station or workstation with full internet access, shower facility both for male and female and elegant prayer room.

Gulf Air maintains a code-share agreement with certain airlines like Air India, American Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Egypt Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Jet Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Oman Airways and many more. Gulf Air flies to 56 destinations in 36 countries around the world with more than 40 aircrafts. The slogan Gulf Air believes in is “Your Network Your World”