Sal-e, it is fairly obvious that Bahrain does not have the same funds available as the boys next door but don't you think that with ,the soon to be announced, purchase of 10 Embraers is not another drain on Bahrain's resources?
As to our wonderful new destinations, believe me once traffic picks up or EK/EY/QR have nowhere to park their aircraft they will start operating into our "niche" destinations & as usual we will not compete but just pull out.
There really is no way fowards for GF except to become low cost carrier & thats the bottom line. Time for the kids in charge to face up to the facts.