Gulf Air Developments
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From: At the pointy end
Increasing frequencies to MXP, retaining a leased-in Swiss 737 and pressing a just-retired A340 back into service this evening. All the hallmarks of a coherent and consistent management plan! What will the next announcement be??
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From: oman
6 months ago i was seated next to a guy from the revenue department, we got talking.. Says gulf air is makin money.. He must have seen the look of disbeleif on my face and adds 'but they keep 'loosing' it on 'unnecessary' projects'..i reckon GF is just a cash cow.
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From: uk
They might be keeping 73s cause our new 32.s are not coming any more
As otherwise i do not see any benefit of this type aircraft intermix on the same route
As otherwise i do not see any benefit of this type aircraft intermix on the same route
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From: UK
Seeing they already dropped the Geneva 737 route and they still have a contract with PrivatAir why not use that aircraft. It might be cheaper to use it and run it until the end of the contract rather than cancelling the contract all together or having it sit idle whilst still paying for it.
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From: UK
Time to leave me thinks:
Gulf Daily News » Local News » THUGS CUT OFF MAN'S FINGERS
I can handle teargass and youngsters making a idiot out of themself but this is a new chapter, mutulating (western) expats.
Gulf Daily News » Local News » THUGS CUT OFF MAN'S FINGERS
I can handle teargass and youngsters making a idiot out of themself but this is a new chapter, mutulating (western) expats.
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From: Dans ma bulle
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From: Bahrain
Mike,
I'm sorry but I don't see how the media is showing this as the opposition waging a war on the (western) expats.
Do I think they are? no, they have no reason to do so, if anything they are trying to win those same people over to their side.
Is there any sort of systamatic attack on expats by the opposition? as we have witnessed for the past year, yes, but on asian immagrants, particularly ones from countries the likes of India, Pakistan, etc.
What's the reason behind this particular attack? That, we don't know, maybe he said something that upset them, maybe it was just robbery, maybe it wasn't the opposition in the first place (though it was in one of their areas as someone mentioned above).
One thing I know for sure is that people shouldn't panic and generalize. If I went to the states and somebody beat me up and called me a "camel riding diaper head" I wouldn't flee the country and say that they're all out to get me.
I'm sorry but I don't see how the media is showing this as the opposition waging a war on the (western) expats.
Do I think they are? no, they have no reason to do so, if anything they are trying to win those same people over to their side.
Is there any sort of systamatic attack on expats by the opposition? as we have witnessed for the past year, yes, but on asian immagrants, particularly ones from countries the likes of India, Pakistan, etc.
What's the reason behind this particular attack? That, we don't know, maybe he said something that upset them, maybe it was just robbery, maybe it wasn't the opposition in the first place (though it was in one of their areas as someone mentioned above).
One thing I know for sure is that people shouldn't panic and generalize. If I went to the states and somebody beat me up and called me a "camel riding diaper head" I wouldn't flee the country and say that they're all out to get me.
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From: Canada
Whats going on is a properly waged campaign against Bahrain to ensure as much economic and publicity damage on the country as possible.
Bahrain, like most GCC countries require massive investment to sustain its current level of growth and a lot of foreign help in the form of labour and expertise. The protestors and their leadership and those running the show (and if you haven't figured out who is running the show just think about all the many times you've gone running yourself), and what you have is a well orchestrated campaign to grind down the government slowly and surely. This latest attack was just one more part of the war in order to scare westerners out of the country.
I was watching a group of protestors the other day, they mustn't have been more than 15 or 16 and they were very well organized, they had spotters checking for police, a lead group of girls to check for police as well, and they were always together, they knew when to turn and run and when to make noise and when to stay quiet. The point is that the whole show is being run in an organized manner and the protestors are being trained for the purpose.
After the air show they started trouble on the airport road as they knew this would have maximum impact on those driving back to catch flights, and they also ensured that there were lots of tires burning throughout the airshow so as to make a bigger visual impact.
Don't believe that these are an unorganized mob with little to no structure or focus, its actually quite the opposite.
Bahrain, like most GCC countries require massive investment to sustain its current level of growth and a lot of foreign help in the form of labour and expertise. The protestors and their leadership and those running the show (and if you haven't figured out who is running the show just think about all the many times you've gone running yourself), and what you have is a well orchestrated campaign to grind down the government slowly and surely. This latest attack was just one more part of the war in order to scare westerners out of the country.
I was watching a group of protestors the other day, they mustn't have been more than 15 or 16 and they were very well organized, they had spotters checking for police, a lead group of girls to check for police as well, and they were always together, they knew when to turn and run and when to make noise and when to stay quiet. The point is that the whole show is being run in an organized manner and the protestors are being trained for the purpose.
After the air show they started trouble on the airport road as they knew this would have maximum impact on those driving back to catch flights, and they also ensured that there were lots of tires burning throughout the airshow so as to make a bigger visual impact.
Don't believe that these are an unorganized mob with little to no structure or focus, its actually quite the opposite.
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From: somewhere in the sky
and I am highly skeptical of the picture being painted by State media that political activists are "waging war" against British expats.
Ahh...You are referring to the big leaders of the "Peaceful Protestors", right?!!
Hell No! They are not Leaders by any means.. Not Peaceful on any scale.. Not Protestors in the way anybody would normally imagine!!
Well yes, many of us here are expats, but we know much of the truth now.. We know who was/is trying to use the media to market the deception to Western world...So trying to mislead us again is not working anymore sonny boy!
Excuse me everybody.. I really hate politics, but this time I just couldn't resist clarifying things for those who think they can fool us forever with a flower in the hand and a dagger on the other at the back!
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From: Bahrain
What was he doing in Karranah at 5am? The Bahraini equivalent to hanging around Moss Side/Tottenham/Compton at 5am methinks.
I don't think this can be viewed as an escalation of the protests to attacking western expats.
Driving a car drunk into a village at 2am is not a wise thing to do in any country.
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From: UK
Just dropped by to see what is happening with Gulfair developements & I get guys having fingers chopped off, John 21 telling us that the 787's are still coming because it was a private agreement between the King & Obama (or was it GWB, or Ronny Reagan, even ?) further , rounding on some for immature responses to his recommending Gf to others for employment but then telling us that he is "off" ! Good grief ! Buba finally gets the point that GF is just a cash cow ! C'mon buddy, did you never ask how the car wash boys were bombing around in Mercedes while you struggled to make the repayments on your Nissan Cherry ? Look guys, I often stumbled out of Trader Vicks, driving of course , because I was too pissed to walk, made the wrong turn but never got my fingers chopped off. So, pleeeeeze, can we get back to thread ? King of Bongo Bongo has just made a private deal with that French bloke, Sarcasm, or Sarcowski, or something like that, for 8 380's. Bongo Bongo WILL take delivery because the King & I (mean "him") made the agreement. So, I am going there ! Oh, could well be that there are no Gf developments. Geees, What is happening in GF ? Cheers.