skybeds,
think about it intellectually and not emotionally. the regional and international aviation market is completely saturated. bahrain is not rich enough to own its own airline. all the neighbours have more than enough aircrafts to serve the entire middle east at least twice over. bahrain will be well served without having the burden on its economy of having to run an airline. really, only those employed by gf will miss out. worth it if its going to save the national economy 1.35 million a day.
otherwise, stick with majalis regional plan a die a slow and painful death.
I partially agree with you but the fact is that the country is fully capable of handling one of the best airlines.But because of those blood sucking management the airline is in this drastic stage. The airline should get creative in saving money. They should find a way to get some foreign investment. And the only reason no one fly's the F and J class of GF anymore is because of their crappy seats. If the airline gets a top of the line F and J class cabin and advertise it in a right way, the airline would get back their upper class customers back.hence, the airline would be close to getting back to profit.
But why wasnt this mentioned by majali.The upper management should really open their minds for new idea in making money.As i said those E 170s are not as reliable as the airbus 319s and 320s are.the only reason that majali might be doing this si becouse of the commisions(that Mephistopheles mentioned) or hes getting money under the table from those plane manufacturer.