The airline also announced yesterday that it was launching four weekly flights between Bahrain and Kabul, Afghanistan, from June 15.
"The launching of our service to Kabul follows extensive safety and security audits, and further demonstrates our strategy to connect the Kingdom of Bahrain with niche and under-served markets within the region that have high growth potential," said Gulf Air chief executive officer Samer Majali.
"By connecting Kabul with Bahrain we are opening a huge commercial opportunity for Afghanistan's well known traditional industries such as carpets and gems, and the industrial sectors namely construction and engineering, IT/telecommunications, transportation, and of course mining, which are poised for take off.
"We also foresee a huge opportunity for Bahrain's private sector businesses in Afghanistan."
Gulf Air will initially operate an Airbus A320 aircraft offering 16 Falcon Gold seats and 120 Economy class seats between Bahrain and Kabul.
The outgoing flight, GF0742, will depart on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 11.15am and arrive at Kabul International Airport at 3.50pm.
The return flight GF0741 will depart at 4.50pm and reach Bahrain at 6.45pm..
Guess whom will be flying there?
