Gulf Air Developments
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From: Cyprus
Second that Che. By the way, after a long comms struggle, got my annual free ride with GF (thanks to all who got involved ). LCA to BAH, I have to say, was outstanding. Faultless.And I am still bitter and looking for trouble ! Return flight BAH -LCA was , again, superb. Good luck to all. It was never the ops, service delivery, standards etc. Top management skill is required from a team that is allowed to manage without interference.Will we ever see that day ?
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From: Sand Pitt
Gulf Air preps A330 s/lb RFP
09 January 2014
Middle East carrier seeks sale lease backs for five older A330s.
Read more: Gulf Air A330 rfp sale leaseback
Gulf Air is preparing a sale lease back on five A330s. The carrier is rumoured to be interested in...
09 January 2014
Middle East carrier seeks sale lease backs for five older A330s.
Read more: Gulf Air A330 rfp sale leaseback
Gulf Air is preparing a sale lease back on five A330s. The carrier is rumoured to be interested in...
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From: 1960s
surprisingly,that's good to hear but at the same time,no one would be ready to commit to this airbus 330 lease back transaction since the aircraft are set to be retired 4 years from now.This deal mainly catches interest if the aircraft is fairly new but it tends to fall apart if the aircraft is close to its retirement age.It is a good cost effective idea since it looks good on the balance sheet and has other useful advantages that may not hurt the carrier .But as always,the price expectation is much higher from Gulf Air's side which made the 340 so unattractive.That being said,I hope that you have conceptualized the fact that the carrier will remain since top Bahraini officials have gone out of their way to ensure that the carrier would continue to exist even though it was much easier to hit the reset button.The airline is being captained by a certain well known consultant group while the acting CEO is placed to stabilize and root out the internal political corruption which has always been the root cause of the failure of every semi solid strategy that Gulf Air has gone through in the past decade.I believe that I have spilled too much information for now but my main purpose is to stress on the fact that the current plan seem to be more solid and from what I can tell,there will not be anymore redundancy schemes in a long time.
That being said,don't expect any major expansion plans to take place until the end of the decade.
That being said,don't expect any major expansion plans to take place until the end of the decade.
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From: Surrounded by aluminum, and the great outdoors
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From: 1960s
Speaking of which,the Saudi license was infact to be acquired by Gulf Air but a bright old Jordanian CEO thought it would be wise to take a more minor role in the Saudi market
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From: 1960s
Latest ummm developments
Everybody hates Gulf Air:
Gulf Daily News » Local News » Gulf Air to reduce losses by BD10m
Alcohol Ban
Bahrain to ban alcohol at airport, on flights - Culture & Society - ArabianBusiness.com
The 319s are cancelled
Gulf Air cancels order for two A319s - ch-aviation.com
After what the RJ CEO had done,I don't blame government officials for checking in every now and then.What top aviation expert in their right mind would leave an airline where they are treated with respect to Gulf Air that fired every respected CEO for not being Arab enough.
Alcohol ban would probably not happen..They tried to make it happen so many times
never happened.
Lastly,319s aren't a good fit for the airline anyhow.So good riddance!
Lets keep the discussion going !
Gulf Daily News » Local News » Gulf Air to reduce losses by BD10m
Alcohol Ban
Bahrain to ban alcohol at airport, on flights - Culture & Society - ArabianBusiness.com
The 319s are cancelled
Gulf Air cancels order for two A319s - ch-aviation.com
After what the RJ CEO had done,I don't blame government officials for checking in every now and then.What top aviation expert in their right mind would leave an airline where they are treated with respect to Gulf Air that fired every respected CEO for not being Arab enough.
Alcohol ban would probably not happen..They tried to make it happen so many times
never happened.
Lastly,319s aren't a good fit for the airline anyhow.So good riddance!
Lets keep the discussion going !
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From: Manchester
Nobody wants to be CEO at Gulf Air
With the government dictating flight routes and parliament moaning about the ethnicity of top management, is it any surprise that nobody wants to be CEO at Gulf Air?
"For 12 months we have been searching for a chief executive officer, but no one wants to work [at Gulf Air] because experts don't want interference from the government or parliament in their work, and despite assurances, no one is willing to accept the job," he was quoted as saying.
"Top Bahraini experts have been approached, but they too refused to accept, because they don't want to be powerless and want to be real decision makers.”
Source: ArabianBusiness
"For 12 months we have been searching for a chief executive officer, but no one wants to work [at Gulf Air] because experts don't want interference from the government or parliament in their work, and despite assurances, no one is willing to accept the job," he was quoted as saying.
"Top Bahraini experts have been approached, but they too refused to accept, because they don't want to be powerless and want to be real decision makers.”
Source: ArabianBusiness
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From: way down south
Congratulations to the GF A320 Captains for getting the recognition they deserve from the management for all their hard work by having even MORE leave robbed from them due to the complete & total incompetence of the Ops Management team.
My heart goes out to you guys.
22 days robbed due to the "unforeseen" shortage(even the the guys that wash the cars could have told them early 2013 that we were going to be short.)
When will the people responsible for these monumental screw ups be given the boot?
My heart goes out to you guys.
22 days robbed due to the "unforeseen" shortage(even the the guys that wash the cars could have told them early 2013 that we were going to be short.)
When will the people responsible for these monumental screw ups be given the boot?
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From: Surrounded by aluminum, and the great outdoors
The bright side is.....those leave days are nice o have in the bank if/when you decide to leave...and to be fair, the usual "whipping boy" isn't to blame for this one, he tried in vain to keep from sacking the crew, because he foresaw this very scenario...
