Gulf Air Developments
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flame bringer,
now that is just being irresponsible and silly.
gulf air's certain demise is directly related to the security of gf employees in bahrain, among other things, like visitors reluctance to come to bahrain. you can not just put your head in the sand and say it has nothing to do with gulf air.
with a name like flame bringer, i will not be surprised if you are one of those thugs burning tires on the road and burning public and private property.
now that is just being irresponsible and silly.
gulf air's certain demise is directly related to the security of gf employees in bahrain, among other things, like visitors reluctance to come to bahrain. you can not just put your head in the sand and say it has nothing to do with gulf air.
with a name like flame bringer, i will not be surprised if you are one of those thugs burning tires on the road and burning public and private property.
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Surprise surprise...CSeries first flight delayed till June 2013 and Entry Into Service till June 2014:
Bombardier delays first C Series flight - The Globe and Mail
Seeing Gulf Air is at present still M.E launch customer I wonder if they can now get out of this program in a 'less costly' manner... (depending on many obvious factors with regards to recent developments)
Bombardier delays first C Series flight - The Globe and Mail
Seeing Gulf Air is at present still M.E launch customer I wonder if they can now get out of this program in a 'less costly' manner... (depending on many obvious factors with regards to recent developments)
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Gulf Air pay attention...:
Bulgarian private airline BH Air has applied with the US DOT for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and route authority.
BH whose current largest aircraft is an A320 says it is "negotiations for lease of A340 and A330"
BH seeks to offer services both New York and Chicago with a proposed 3x weekly SOF-JFK-ORD-SOF routing. No start up date mentioned.
BH whose current largest aircraft is an A320 says it is "negotiations for lease of A340 and A330"
BH seeks to offer services both New York and Chicago with a proposed 3x weekly SOF-JFK-ORD-SOF routing. No start up date mentioned.
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Seems we're not alone when it comes to facing redundancies: Gulf Daily News » Local News » Redundancy fears spark union plea
The ministry of transport must understand that being a control freak won't bring any sort of wealth to the country and ultimately plummet it down to a worse recession.
I hope no one gets laid off or loses his job out there.
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Bahrain Air
Know it's a GF thread, but anyone know anyone at Bahrain Air with insight into which lucrative route is under review?
Fingers crossed it's not KTM.
Tx,
J
Fingers crossed it's not KTM.
Tx,
J
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I heard its an issue with flight time limitations and the destinations are Dhaka and a couple of long Indias.
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Finally a sensible decision. Outstanding aircraft orders have been revised to 16 A320 NEO's and 12 to 16 787's. The only thing unclear to me is that it mentions 8 A320ceo's. Are they refering to the new A320er's and A321's already here?
Gulf Air restructures fleet orders with Boeing and Airbus to reduce long-term liability and meet future strategic needs | Gulf Air | AMEinfo.com
Gulf Air restructures fleet orders with Boeing and Airbus to reduce long-term liability and meet future strategic needs | Gulf Air | AMEinfo.com
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I know that, thanks. I mentions 8 A320ceo's (presumably current A320ER and A321's) And that would total 10 aircraft, not 8. Unless two come from a seperate order earlier on. It's good to see the 787's are still coming. I heard earliest 2016. So we'll finish 2012 with 24 A320 family aircraft. 14 of those are non -ER's and A319's. Presumably they will be replaced by these (newer) aircraft leaving a 2 aircraft expansion. That is if my quick mental maths are correct and I ain't gonna vouch for that... 
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Gulf Air allegedly proposes 28 aircraft and 16+12=28 Any visions of growth/development are out the window though...for the next 7 years.
And meanwhile all our neighbours are flying ever higher.
And meanwhile all our neighbours are flying ever higher.
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The below is from the Gulf Air careers site. Is Gulf Air recruiting pilots right now? And what 'expanding fleet' are they talking about?? 
Current Vacancies
GULF1765 - Direct Entry Rated Captains for Airbus A320
Division:Pilots - Direct Entry
Location:Bahrain
Vacancy Information: We are now in the process of recruiting Direct Entry Rated Captains for Airbus A320 to join our expending fleet.
To be considered for this position you must:
Current Vacancies
GULF1765 - Direct Entry Rated Captains for Airbus A320
Division:Pilots - Direct Entry
Location:Bahrain
Vacancy Information: We are now in the process of recruiting Direct Entry Rated Captains for Airbus A320 to join our expending fleet.
To be considered for this position you must:
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off your heads
wow
so sad to see from a distance whats hapenning to you guys and girls.
i miss that place,,,such a great country with great people,,
great airline.. with people like adel, gordo, richard, ishmail flying ?
should not have been bettered...or beaten
so sad to see from a distance whats hapenning to you guys and girls.
i miss that place,,,such a great country with great people,,
great airline.. with people like adel, gordo, richard, ishmail flying ?
should not have been bettered...or beaten
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The jist of an article in a uae rag..the outcome of the 'saudi venture' is to be announced end of this month. GF/QR to compete for the al qhattani group contract. Bah air and some chinese outfit to compete for a private contract. Whoever scores is required to set up shop within 6 to 7 months. Hope the old hag gets a slice of the pie.
Ps.. For all the harbringers of doom and gloom. GF is not the neighbours nxt door, we cant keep on makin comparison, nor is it SAS or iberia that just axed thousands of jobs and 17% pay cut. Count your blessings folks.
Nuff said.
Ps.. For all the harbringers of doom and gloom. GF is not the neighbours nxt door, we cant keep on makin comparison, nor is it SAS or iberia that just axed thousands of jobs and 17% pay cut. Count your blessings folks.
Nuff said.