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Old 12th Feb 2010, 13:12
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G-FULL, unfortunately the a/c was operating a sheduled Bah Air flight back to Bah but was refused permission to depart by Nepalese Civil Aviation due to non payment of landing & handling fees.
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Old 12th Feb 2010, 13:37
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KTM/ Bahrain Air

I was in KTM yesterday, the Bahrain Air aircraft departed shortly before us no sign of any other a/c stuck there
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Old 12th Feb 2010, 16:50
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Will you still be there when I need you?

I read this forum every couple of days,together with others in which I am more involved.
Thank goodness I am not on the payrole as I would be suicidal by now!

As a GF punter I have a major worry - I have a quarter of a million FF miles which I would like to use to treat my family in C or F in 2011.
Questions
a) do you expect to be still open for business ?
b) will you still be flying from LHR ?
and
c) will you still have premium cabins.?
SSF
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Old 12th Feb 2010, 17:07
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a) Yes
b) Yes
c) Rumoured J only







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Old 12th Feb 2010, 17:17
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sky beds are old news. no wonder people who use GF first class have been greatly reduced, no AVOD (the TV screen is very unclear),the GF skybeds are outdated
The million dollar First Class (or Business Class) question:

How can a genuine First Class (or Business Class) passenger fly on an aircraft with NO entertainment (as in nothing at all! Never mind AVOD. They don't even have a semblance of entertainment, not even cartoons!) on a 10 1/2 hour flight???

THIS is the reason GF is losing (or lost) these passengers. And they choose to address the situation by removing F class since nobody's flying F class anyway. Had they only fixed this problem, they could have still maintained a few loyal customers.
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Old 12th Feb 2010, 18:15
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The million dollar First Class (or Business Class) question:

How can a genuine First Class (or Business Class) passenger fly on an aircraft with NO entertainment (as in nothing at all! Never mind AVOD. They don't even have a semblance of entertainment, not even cartoons!) on a 10 1/2 hour flight???

THIS is the reason GF is losing (or lost) these passengers. And they choose to address the situation by removing F class since nobody's flying F class anyway. Had they only fixed this problem, they could have still maintained a few loyal customers.
yea i really agree with you
just read some of the reviews here
GULF AIR customer reviews and Gulf Air Passenger Opinions about Gulf Air product and Gulf Air service standards
. mainly the complaints are delays and bad cabin.. GF lacks the basic element in which they could keep their loyal customers.
just the other day in F class i heard 2 business men discussing why they will never fly gulf air again. untill 2003 gulf air used to get alot of business travellers.but since those delay started and people started missing their meatings GF became one of the most hated airline. but keeping the first class ONLY in the 333s would be a better idea rather than removing it completely because the airline could at least say that they have the first class so many people like ss flyer would still be happy with their gold FF card. and the airline did recieve an award winning best FF deals so why not try to retain that award by keeping the F class in a couple of jets..just to make people happy
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Old 12th Feb 2010, 22:09
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Sounds like the final paragraph on GF's employment contract
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Old 13th Feb 2010, 14:20
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you nailed it capt hair y balls. the patient died when the last gcc patner pulled out. GF was designed to loose money, it didn't matter then. they were always there to pump in the dough every 6 months. now that bahrain has squeezed them all out, it's hurting to pump in the cash all by themself. remember the old saying - be careful what u wish 4....u might get it.
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Old 13th Feb 2010, 14:43
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well basically no body knows what is going to happen to the airline...
i guess bahrain i sgoing to give the airline a billion dollar to fix the issue
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Old 13th Feb 2010, 17:12
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I believe Che was making a valid point by insinuation! Under these circumstances at GF, it's becoming increasingly unstable enviroment and unsuitable to do any good business. Every now and then there are new strategies and action plans with a big promise of bringing the company back to the right direction. But it was never ever too long before the absolute opposite of these strategies took place, with some claims AGAIN that this time the correction path to be followed is so god damn clear! Between this and that, there were those blood-sucking bugs jumping on the back of the "secured closets" to finance the plans and to ensure the implementation if the the "righteous strategies"!

By the same token, there are rumours floating up the the air that after handing off the company to the government, the latter will go in the privatization way while giving Mr. CEO a very short time to make a dramatic change very rapidly!! Now if this is really the way they want to play it, it's going to be a very long time until they are out of the dark tunnel, that's if they are to come out of it at all.

Yes my friend Che, you were spot on!
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Old 13th Feb 2010, 20:52
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Gulf Air is sinking and sinking much faster than previously predicted. Good friends of mine, Captains and First officers have resigned and many more are to come. such a shame to see GF losing such loyal & hardworking employees. All this to keep Mr. CEO happy with his embraer crap.
The A320 fleet is suffering and will actually suffer more in the coming days due to the massive flow of resignations.
One time or another we thought that a certain ( not far away ) company was abusing human rights. Now GF has surpassed them by their newly embraced terminology , Embraer Or Resign.
I am disgusted by this whole new strategy of forcing people to resign. Its high time that the management, board members and all involved realise that Majali is burying this company alive whilst lining his pockets .
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Old 14th Feb 2010, 05:47
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Gulf Air is sinking and sinking much faster than previously predicted. Good friends of mine, Captains and First officers have resigned and many more are to come. such a shame to see GF losing such loyal & hardworking employees. All this to keep Mr. CEO happy with his embraer crap.
The A320 fleet is suffering and will actually suffer more in the coming days due to the massive flow of resignations.
One time or another we thought that a certain ( not far away ) company was abusing human rights. Now GF has surpassed them by their newly embraced terminology , Embraer Or Resign.
I am disgusted by this whole new strategy of forcing people to resign. Its high time that the management, board members and all involved realise that Majali is burying this company alive whilst lining his pockets .
as i said the new CEO will make every bodies lives hell... the board of directors dont want to fire him because the airline would be the laughing stock of the middle east... but by not firing majali, the airline will be the laughing stock with their embraer
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Old 14th Feb 2010, 11:19
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the board of directors dont want to fire him because the airline would be the laughing stock of the middle east... but by not firing majali, the airline will be the laughing stock with their embraer
i guesz you can identify skybeds because your the laughing stock of this thread
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Old 14th Feb 2010, 13:14
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i guesz you can identify skybeds because your the laughing stock of this thread
and your the laughing stock of my A**
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Now now children - back to bed.
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Old 15th Feb 2010, 05:53
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yeah, back to your "sky"beds!
sleep tight and hopefully you wake up enlightened and mature enough to be sensible.
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Old 15th Feb 2010, 06:36
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everyone just tell him to pi$$ off in the same way that bahrain pi$$e$ their money away through gf.

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Old 15th Feb 2010, 17:00
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hey guys,
wats up here in this company. I m new and i just want to know how the plan is, over!
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Old 15th Feb 2010, 17:33
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Ten reasons for not leaving gulf air:
1. I always wantet to fly an Umbrella
2. Bahrain vision 2030
3. most exciting destinations
4. nicest cabins
5.modern fleet
6.family friendly roostering kikeriki
7.best health insurance in the (med) gulf
8. biggest 777fleet
9. most beautiful beaches in Bahrain
10.reliable busines plan
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Old 16th Feb 2010, 03:56
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Gulf Daily News » Local News » Panel holds key talks on Gulf Air

so who is in charge? or is gf as it's usual self, a headless chicken?
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