Gulf Air is pleased to reveal PHASE II of its Iraq expansion which can be seen in your GDS systems effective immediately. Apart from the recently launched 5 weekly nonstop flights to BGW-Baghdad, GF has also decided to launch new flights to NJF-Najaf and EBL-Erbil.
Najaf is the holy city of Shiite Muslims and flights will be initially flown with a 4 weekly nonstop frequency effective Sept 26th 2009. This will later on increased to daily services effective Oct 26th 2009. The flight schedule is as follows:
GF203 Dep BAH 1120 Arr NJF 1255
GF202 Dep NJF 1410 Arr BAH 1540
Erbil is located in northern Iraq in the Kurdistan region which has seen considerable development over the past decade. GF will fly 3 times a week to EBL effective Oct 26th 2009 with the following flight schedule:
GF205 Dep BAH 1945 Arr EBL 2205
GF204 Dep EBL 2255 Arr BAH 0110+1
The above mentioned flights connect very well with LON/CDG/FRA via BAH in both directions.
All flights to BGW, NJF and EBL will be flown using GF’s fleet of Airbus A 320s.