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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 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.
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Parliament probe into airline ends
Now why am I not surprised 
It's in the GDN so it MUST be true .....
Gulf Daily News » Local News » Parliament probe into airline ends
It's in the GDN so it MUST be true .....
Gulf Daily News » Local News » Parliament probe into airline ends
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Should be good for the upgrades though... 3 Emb flights to do 1 Airbus flight... triple the crew!
well he should know that same "restructure plan" doesn't really work for all the airline
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24th March - Gulf Air's Official 60th birthday!!! Happy Birthday GF 
I dont understand how an E70 can be used for a route such as BAH-ATH which is nearly 4 hours long in flying length. If this was the idea then ATH should be suspended because its pointless flying such a plane on this route when EK/QR/EY offer a better product with a larger aircraft.
Also the cost of operations for a 70 seater aircraft to fly a 4 hour sector is very high and should be un-viable for a low yielding route such as ATH itself.
Also the cost of operations for a 70 seater aircraft to fly a 4 hour sector is very high and should be un-viable for a low yielding route such as ATH itself.
Those embraer were meant to fly on domestic routs.. a smart thing to do would be having something like a shuttle service to kuwait,qatar,doha,UAE ,muscat and some small airports in oman.
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When will someone form the board or senior management stand up & tell this Jordanian thief that his whole plan is BS & to get his thieving a** out of Bahrain. His latest caper is to send to A320 to KTM even through we have a code share with Saudia which gives them 100 seats per flight,regardless of aircraft type, to sell? So with the 320 going there we can only sell 20 seats,not to mention the lost cargo capacity.
The Jordanian thief has also been going frequently to Doha! Maybe he's making a deal with Akbar???
The Jordanian thief has also been going frequently to Doha! Maybe he's making a deal with Akbar???
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olbie, the fact is the we are loosing on almost 95% of our routes & it has been that way for a long time. So what are the boys that are paid the big bucks going to do? Another fact is that leaving 20+ bags behind each flight will not have any effect on our looses no matter what aircraft is used on that route. The only sensible thing is for GF to throw in the towel & get rid of all the overpaid managers & excess staff then maybe Bahrain could think about opening a tiny low cost carrier.
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olbie, the fact is the we are loosing on almost 95% of our routes & it has been that way for a long time. So what are the boys that are paid the big bucks going to do? Another fact is that leaving 20+ bags behind each flight will not have any effect on our looses no matter what aircraft is used on that route. The only sensible thing is for GF to throw in the towel & get rid of all the overpaid managers & excess staff then maybe Bahrain could think about opening a tiny low cost carrier.
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That's interesting olbie; I seem to remember seeing some figures over a year ago showing DAC, MNL and I think KTM being the top performing routes financially for GF. Not so much on BKK-- due to relatively low-yield traffic. Pretty much convinced me that we would at least be left with serving DAC, after all of our other longer haul routes disappear.
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Slightly off topic, but I have a mate who is considering applying to Gulf Air (he has good experience on the A319/320 with a few thousand hours of flight time on the Bus).
Can anyone indicate what schedules are like on the A320/319 fleet? Are pilots worked like slaves on that fleet vs. longhaul fleet? He is also looking at Qatar - how would conditions/schedule for Gulf Air compare to those on Qatar's A319/20 fleet?
Can anyone indicate what schedules are like on the A320/319 fleet? Are pilots worked like slaves on that fleet vs. longhaul fleet? He is also looking at Qatar - how would conditions/schedule for Gulf Air compare to those on Qatar's A319/20 fleet?
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The word is no more expat F/O at Gulf Air . Thats one of the things the new administration is copying from RJ. If there is no real growth and limited attrition the numbers just might work.
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why would Saudia NOT fly it with its own metal?
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