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Gulf Air adds flights to strengthen Qatar links
May 2012Gulf Air has strengthened its Qatar operations with seven more flights a week, the airline has announced.
With seven additional flights every in each direction, it now operates the largest number of flights between Doha and Bahrain, it said.
According to Gulf Air , the new daily afternoon flight will give passengers greater travel choices to fly to their destinations with short transit times at Bahrain airport in both directions.
It will offer immediate connections from Doha to Bangkok and London along with providing multiple flight selections to/from Doha throughout the day, it noted.
Samer Majali, the airline's chief executive, said the move is part of the airline's commitment to strengthening regional network and it expects continuing strong demand on the Doha route, which began 62 years ago.
The sixth daily flight between Bahrain and Doha was launched on 25 March and arrives at Doha International Airport at 15.15, departing for the return journey at 16.15.
Gulf Air will also add one more flight per week to Kabul after signing a codeshare agreement with Afghanistan's international carrier, Safi Airways.
Under the agreement, the airlines will jointly market and promote six flights per week with each airline operating three flights, Gulf Air said.
The combined capacity will provide greater flight options for passengers in Kabul to travel to their preferred destinations with short transit times at Bahrain airport in both directions.
Gulf Air said the frequency allows convenient two way connections via Bahrain for Gulf Air passengers flying to/from Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, London, Bangkok, Manila, Jeddah, Riyadh and Cairo on Gulf Air and to US and Canada through its codeshare partner American Airlines.
Gulf Air 's Kabul service uses a 136-seat Airbus A320 offering 16 Falcon Gold class and 120 economy class seats.
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