Gulf Air Developments
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It seems there already problems with Mr M's new purchase! On the first days operation of the aircraft that he claims will rescue GF they had to leave behind numerous passenger bags in Auh, Mct & Lca. The Ist flight this morning had to be changed to 320 since there were so many pax booked. So when will someone admit that this is not the aircraft for us?
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Chuck Y everyone knows that these pieces of junk are not for us. But wouldnt you let such things happen when there are serious transactions under the table.
It is a fact not fiction about the bags being left behind. Had to come on different flights followed by a lot of pax complaints. That is not what Gf wants at this stage. They are barely buoyant and deflating the final piece of their flotation device.
Time for the management under Majary to stand up to the truth and salvage what they have left.
Good luck to them and to a company, that has never experienced such negativity amongst its pilots, crew and ground staff, during its entire history.
It is a fact not fiction about the bags being left behind. Had to come on different flights followed by a lot of pax complaints. That is not what Gf wants at this stage. They are barely buoyant and deflating the final piece of their flotation device.
Time for the management under Majary to stand up to the truth and salvage what they have left.
Good luck to them and to a company, that has never experienced such negativity amongst its pilots, crew and ground staff, during its entire history.
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when you are obviously lining your pockets like Majali is with his stupid embryo jungle jets, you make a fool out of the ultimate owners of gf.
gf should have learnt from the lessons of the crap condition of the leased royal jordanian a320s and a321s.
yet, they continue to:
1. allow one of THEM to run the company, then
2. allow him to continue dealing with royal jordanian, profiting them and himself.
gf should have learnt from the lessons of the crap condition of the leased royal jordanian a320s and a321s.
yet, they continue to:
1. allow one of THEM to run the company, then
2. allow him to continue dealing with royal jordanian, profiting them and himself.
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From: way down south
It always amazes me that otherwise intelligent human beings rapidly drop 100 IQ points & sucker themselves into believing GF & it's corrupt management will ever change. It doesn't matter who fills the positions they will always screw the company over & in the process fill their own pockets. This will remain true until the day that our sun goes supernova so don't waste time thinking of things that are as fundamental as the laws of nature.
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Gulfairs new strategy.......its like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.It really is too late to change the inevitable outcome.All Mr M is doing is speeding up the process.Abandon ship before its too late.
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Rumour running around that RJ is going to do our maintenance, anyone else heard this?
SIA Engineering and Gulf Technics to set up MRO base
Middle East boosts its MRO footprint
Thent they want to expand the Airport over a period of 30 years LOL (probably dead by then)
Bahrain airport plans two new terminals | Aviation | AMEinfo.com
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so the gdn says.
STRATEGY.....a most overused, misunderstood and unimplemented word in gulf air. i've heard that word ever since coming to this place. every god damn ceo and chairman has used it without ever knowing what the strategy really is. it just sounds good to include in statements. makes them sound smart and responsible.
but the only smart thing they have done is robbing the company with increasing prowess.
every manager who uses the word STRATEGY should be sacked on the spot.
the only strategy in place is increasing managers and/or shuffling different managers around the departments.
MANAMA: Gulf Air is unlikely to be privatised in the near future, but the carrier now has a strategy in place to make it a success.
That was the message from an economic seminar on the outlook for Bahrain hosted by BNP Paribas at Capital Club, Bahrain Financial Harbour, yesterday.
"The government's privatisation committee looks at a lot of options across a range of business but no-one wants an airline with an anchor weighing it down," Bahrain Economic Development Board chief executive officer Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa told delegates.
"Privatisation is not on for now," he said.
"Will it be in the future? That is up to the owners and they are the government and Mumtalakat, who both hold a 50 per cent stake in the airline.
"The ownership will remain as it is until they make a decision to change that.
"Mumtalakat has done what it could for the airline and it is now time for the government to play a role."
Bahrain is an extremely transparent economy and that is why there is such an open debate about Gulf Air, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said.
"Many airlines have a problem at the moment but we have the right board in place, the right management and the right plan for the future and we deal with this publicly.
"We are implementing a strategy that we believe will leave us with a much better airline.
"Gulf air has been a challenge because it has gone from four national owners to three, to two and now to one.
"Our strategy is to develop the airline as a carrier that serves people coming in and going out of Bahrain, not as some sort of hub for people passing through," he said.
"Our strategy is to offer connectivity for the banking community, the business community and the people of Bahrain to support the economic needs of the country and its people.
"We are confident that we will be successful now that we have the strategy in place," Shaikh Ahmed added.
That was the message from an economic seminar on the outlook for Bahrain hosted by BNP Paribas at Capital Club, Bahrain Financial Harbour, yesterday.
"The government's privatisation committee looks at a lot of options across a range of business but no-one wants an airline with an anchor weighing it down," Bahrain Economic Development Board chief executive officer Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa told delegates.
"Privatisation is not on for now," he said.
"Will it be in the future? That is up to the owners and they are the government and Mumtalakat, who both hold a 50 per cent stake in the airline.
"The ownership will remain as it is until they make a decision to change that.
"Mumtalakat has done what it could for the airline and it is now time for the government to play a role."
Bahrain is an extremely transparent economy and that is why there is such an open debate about Gulf Air, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said.
"Many airlines have a problem at the moment but we have the right board in place, the right management and the right plan for the future and we deal with this publicly.
"We are implementing a strategy that we believe will leave us with a much better airline.
"Gulf air has been a challenge because it has gone from four national owners to three, to two and now to one.
"Our strategy is to develop the airline as a carrier that serves people coming in and going out of Bahrain, not as some sort of hub for people passing through," he said.
"Our strategy is to offer connectivity for the banking community, the business community and the people of Bahrain to support the economic needs of the country and its people.
"We are confident that we will be successful now that we have the strategy in place," Shaikh Ahmed added.
but the only smart thing they have done is robbing the company with increasing prowess.
every manager who uses the word STRATEGY should be sacked on the spot.
the only strategy in place is increasing managers and/or shuffling different managers around the departments.
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"Our strategy is to develop the airline as a carrier that serves people coming in and going out of Bahrain, not as some sort of hub for people passing through," he said.
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So they want mainly to serve the local traffic. And prey tell what percentage of the Bahrain population can afford to travel in the first place, and how many people are really traveling just to purely do business in Bahrain and then go back?
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Sounds to me like a prudent adjustment of the strategy. Oops, did I say "strategy?" I didn't mean to say "strategy." Oh chute, I said "strategy" again. Oh well, what other word to call it other than "strategy?"
In any case, concentrating on origin and final destination traffic for Bahrain is more visionary and intelligent, IMHO, than a strategy (oops, that word again) of Bahrainis subsidizing Pierre and Francois in Paris who are looking for a dirt-cheap flight for a 2-week holiday of debauchery in Pattaya, Thailand. If a significant percentage of the Bahrain population can't afford to travel in the first place, then they can ill-afford to subsidize Europeans or Indians doing the same.
In any case, concentrating on origin and final destination traffic for Bahrain is more visionary and intelligent, IMHO, than a strategy (oops, that word again) of Bahrainis subsidizing Pierre and Francois in Paris who are looking for a dirt-cheap flight for a 2-week holiday of debauchery in Pattaya, Thailand. If a significant percentage of the Bahrain population can't afford to travel in the first place, then they can ill-afford to subsidize Europeans or Indians doing the same.
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Iraq buys ten 787 Dreamliners | Aviation | AMEinfo.com
meanwhile, a war torn nation places these orders.....a war torn nation!!!!
iraq probably payed some individuals from bahrain for gf's orders of 787s.
sound familiar? the first 777s in the gulf were actually for gf but they sold that order to ek, most likely at a nice price benefiting only a couple of individuals.
once again, gf has been instrumental in helping the regions airlines get started at great expense to it's own expansions, options, airline, economy and many more areas which will be very damaging to bahrain directly and indirectly.
Iraq has signed a deal with Boeing to buy 10 787 Dreamliners on behalf of its flag carrier, Iraqi Airways, the National has reported. The contract was reported on Boeing's orders and deliveries website this week, although the deal was apparently concluded on December 22. The aircraft are worth a total of $1.7bn at list prices, but after standard discounts the Iraqi deal is probably worth $1.1bn, the newspaper reported, citing Avitas, a US-based aircraft valuation firm.
iraq probably payed some individuals from bahrain for gf's orders of 787s.
sound familiar? the first 777s in the gulf were actually for gf but they sold that order to ek, most likely at a nice price benefiting only a couple of individuals.
once again, gf has been instrumental in helping the regions airlines get started at great expense to it's own expansions, options, airline, economy and many more areas which will be very damaging to bahrain directly and indirectly.
