Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012

DOHA (Zawya Dow Jones)--The boss of Bahrain's beleaguered national airline said Wednesday a downsizing of the business was the most likely plan following a government decision to restructure the loss-making carrier that has suffered due to political unrest in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

A shrinking of the airline's business would mean cutting routes and possibly slashing staff and selling planes, Gulf Air chief executive Samer Al Majali told Zawya Dow Jones via telephone Wednesday.

-By Alex Delmar-Morgan, Dow Jones Newswires; +974 6659 9818; alex.delmar-morgan@dowjones.com

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