Bahrain Air
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Bahrain Air
Did a trip on 2B over the weekend to Bahrain and back.
Out of DXB there was 23 pax, chocker coming back to DXB last night.
Service was pretty good and no real delays although there were some really worried faces when the gear was raised/lowered as the noise was pretty bad.
With the average one way fare (not counting taxes) of BD5 this gives a max revenue from Economy of BD1500 (if full).
Obviously some other sector fares are higher but my question is will they survive with these fares ?.
Out of DXB there was 23 pax, chocker coming back to DXB last night.
Service was pretty good and no real delays although there were some really worried faces when the gear was raised/lowered as the noise was pretty bad.
With the average one way fare (not counting taxes) of BD5 this gives a max revenue from Economy of BD1500 (if full).
Obviously some other sector fares are higher but my question is will they survive with these fares ?.
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From: Magic Kingdom
The 5BD fares are to introduce the people to the new airline as an alternative to the dirty toilets of GF. Fares will increase as loads go up. The Saudi startups are doing the same thing.
2B may actualy thrive as a lower cost alternative on the short hops around the Gulf.
2B may actualy thrive as a lower cost alternative on the short hops around the Gulf.
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The toilets BECOME dirty because people use them. Unless 2B's pax don't use toilets, they'll have clean toilets. What does this have to do with GF? That was a little from left field. Do you have a bone to pick with them? Back off a little, matey.
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IMHO, Bahrain Air will not remain taht cheap for too long. Their cost base is way too high for a "low cost" airline, targeting the business segment can only make costs increase. And in order to really catch business travellers, you better come up with real quality service and especially high frequencies, somthing Bahrain Air is unable to provide for right now due to their fleet size
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From: Magic Kingdom
The toilets BECOME dirty because people use them. Unless 2B's pax don't use toilets, they'll have clean toilets. What does this have to do with GF? That was a little from left field. Do you have a bone to pick with them? Back off a little, matey.
It just the generaly held view by people that have flown on GF that the interiors of their planes are crap. And yes, their toilets are filthy. Better take of your rose colored glasses.
If is attitudes like yours that have made GF the backwater of ME aviation. Even Saudia's planes are cleaner.
Piece of advise there matey: Stop attacking criticism, listen, learn, and for heaven sake's clean the interiors.
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Ok blame it on the little guy then. Good criticism ill aimed. My point was this thread wasn't about GF, it was about 2B. You came out of left field to bag GF. You MUST have a bone to pick. I don't have rose coloured glasses. I see GF's aircrafts simply as old. Coupled with some shabby engineering, you get shabby interiors. But not for too much longer. We lose two A320s and gain four plus two A321s this year. Hopefully, the days of shabby interiors will be a thing of the past.
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From: Magic Kingdom
My only sore point with GF is their shabby planes. Why MUST I have a bone to pick with them?
The whole existence of 2B is the current state of GF. The future of the two is not isolated from each other.
The whole existence of 2B is the current state of GF. The future of the two is not isolated from each other.
