The airline, owned by government investment fund Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co., is suffering from high costs and massive overstaffing that have plagued it for decades.
Maybe the geniuses: read the MP's, boardmembers (Mumtalakat and GF), Gulf Air's CEO and other executive staff should have another look at what is mentioned above. The
key to turning around the airline is there.
It is most certainly not massive overstaffing of operational crew, as GF operates with the absolute minimum of engeneering staff, cabin crew and flight deck.
To support a network with as many non-operational staff as Gulf Air employs, you need either: more airplanes
or restructure and reduce the non-operational staff
or a combination of both.
To reduce the fleet, without reducing national staff numbers mainly employed at HQ is absolute insanity.
The final nail in the coffin for Gulf Air if they follow through.