Gulf Air expands operations into Saudi Arabia with three new destinations

Services to Taif will begin from 15 January 2012 with four flights per week while flights to Gassim will start on 17 January with three flights per week. Yanbu services will begin from 15 February 2012 with three flights a week.

Announcing the new destinations today Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Samer Majali said, “Bahrain’s relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is historical dating back to centuries and, being the national carrier of Bahrain, we owe a special place for the Kingdom as it has also been part of the airline’s history since its beginning. It is one of the first three countries that we began our services to, landing in Dhahran in 1950. Currently we operate to four destinations- Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina. The launch of services to these new destinations further demonstrates this commitment by connecting people from far corners of the kingdom to travel across the world through Gulf Air.”

“And for Gulf Air, these new destinations manifest our new strategy to identify and serve niche and under-served markets and, create potentially high yield city-pairs by providing direct service to Bahrain and beyond. It is one more example of our pioneering tradition, establishing our leadership position as we become the first international airline to fly into Taif. I would like to thank the Saudi authorities for their cooperation in getting necessary permissions,” concluded Mr. Majali.