Gulf Air Developments
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Medical emergency
Passenger suffers stroke
A Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Manilla had to make an emergency landing in the capital on Tuesday after a passenger on board suffered a stroke. The woman, Mendoza Natalia, a citizen of Philippines, was offloaded and admitted to Apollo Hospital in the evening. She had taken the flight from Istanbul but enroute, she suffered a stroke.
Source: Times of India
A Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Manilla had to make an emergency landing in the capital on Tuesday after a passenger on board suffered a stroke. The woman, Mendoza Natalia, a citizen of Philippines, was offloaded and admitted to Apollo Hospital in the evening. She had taken the flight from Istanbul but enroute, she suffered a stroke.
Source: Times of India
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From: Paradise
ANOTHER low cost airline that GF will have to compete against as a REGIONAL airline!! ... how will GF survive???
DUBAI - An investment firm in Abu Dhabi plans to launch a low cost airline in 2010, UAE-based Al Khaleej newspaper reports Sunday without saying where it got the information.
The new operator will be the third low cost airline in the United Arab Emirates after Sharjah's Air Arabia and Dubai's Fly Dubai.
The paper quotes unnamed persons in the UAE capital as saying the company is scheduled to start operations by middle of next year. The new company will operate flights from Abu Dhabi's airport, the paper adds.
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DUBAI - An investment firm in Abu Dhabi plans to launch a low cost airline in 2010, UAE-based Al Khaleej newspaper reports Sunday without saying where it got the information.
The new operator will be the third low cost airline in the United Arab Emirates after Sharjah's Air Arabia and Dubai's Fly Dubai.
The paper quotes unnamed persons in the UAE capital as saying the company is scheduled to start operations by middle of next year. The new company will operate flights from Abu Dhabi's airport, the paper adds.
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ANOTHER low cost airline that GF will have to compete against as a REGIONAL airline!! ... how will GF survive???
DUBAI - An investment firm in Abu Dhabi plans to launch a low cost airline in 2010, UAE-based Al Khaleej newspaper reports Sunday without saying where it got the information.
The new operator will be the third low cost airline in the United Arab Emirates after Sharjah's Air Arabia and Dubai's Fly Dubai.
The paper quotes unnamed persons in the UAE capital as saying the company is scheduled to start operations by middle of next year. The new company will operate flights from Abu Dhabi's airport, the paper adds.
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DUBAI - An investment firm in Abu Dhabi plans to launch a low cost airline in 2010, UAE-based Al Khaleej newspaper reports Sunday without saying where it got the information.
The new operator will be the third low cost airline in the United Arab Emirates after Sharjah's Air Arabia and Dubai's Fly Dubai.
The paper quotes unnamed persons in the UAE capital as saying the company is scheduled to start operations by middle of next year. The new company will operate flights from Abu Dhabi's airport, the paper adds.
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( airbus 333s) passengers from london who want to continue their flight to dubai.(lets say ..because there is a huge business project which needs to be taken care off)...how will those small regional aircraft accommodate all of those passengers(from Bahrain to Dubai), its pretty obvious that less than half of them would be able to travel till dubai
hence they wont fly GF to go to dubai.
if bahrain was a big country like oman or KSA, it would be ok for the airline to purchase the regional aircraft ..from my point if the airline wants to have a fleet consisting primarliy of narrow body jets, i say go for 320s.. because they are more reliable. efficient.. and most of the staff are experienced in handling them...so the airline would save more money than switching to the emb.. If the airline is really desperate to save money, the airline should forget about the new livery plan.. at the same time the airline should invest their money in the newer seat and cabin.
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You are fool, Skybeds. You flood this forum with some of the stupidest comments I have ever heard and you always seem to want to have the last say with nothing intelligent to contribute whatsoever. I think you will now move to my 'ignore' list.
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dont worry. 3 years later .... i would be saying "i told you so"..
im just sharing my views.. and go ahead and put me in your so called "ignore list"..
BTW how does this reflect this "reflect the mentality of the senior management "?
im just sharing my views.. and go ahead and put me in your so called "ignore list"..
BTW how does this reflect this "reflect the mentality of the senior management "?
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From: "como todo buen piloto... mujeriego y borracho"
senior F/Os will have to fly the ERJ for 6 months before upgrade on that fleet
On another topic, Happy New Year everyone. Wonder when in the New Year we might get our 2010 Vacation schedule?
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Could anyone think of a national airline that make profit during this difficult time? There might be fews, but hardly anyone is making profit.
So turning around Gulf Air into a profitable airline will be difficult. Forget profit! The most important thing is turning it into more efficient airline.
As a national/flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, some said Gulf Air has been a "burden to the economy". Something that many totally disagree.
A national flag carrier such as Gulf Air should continue to aid the country's economy.
Realignment of its business strategy without considering the fact that this national airline exists to support the country's economy is a bad move. Let's look closely as to what Bahrain has to offer, most would say nothing. How many tourists do you think will visit Bahrain to see the Tree of Life? May be hundred thousands tourists during F1 week and that is it.
How about shopping? How many put Bahrain on their shopping destination? Most would go to Dubai. Bahrain as the financial & commercial center of the Middle East? It's going to take a lot more than "the most free economy of the Middle East" to overtake Dubai. So, what is there for the Kingdom of Bahrain? If the ruler of this country want Bahrain to be a small town with small ambition, then Gulf Air would most likely be the same. But, according to Vision Bahrain 2030 ( we are talking 20 more years!), future of Bahrain looks promising. Bahrain, a small country with a big ambition. Should Gulf Air be prepared to be the same?
Corruption, fraud, and mismanagement are the talk of the town when people talk about Gulf Air. Why regional jet when the airline is already operating Airbus320 family? If transparency exists, this regional jets project should be questioned and closely scrutinized.
So turning around Gulf Air into a profitable airline will be difficult. Forget profit! The most important thing is turning it into more efficient airline.
As a national/flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, some said Gulf Air has been a "burden to the economy". Something that many totally disagree.
A national flag carrier such as Gulf Air should continue to aid the country's economy.
Realignment of its business strategy without considering the fact that this national airline exists to support the country's economy is a bad move. Let's look closely as to what Bahrain has to offer, most would say nothing. How many tourists do you think will visit Bahrain to see the Tree of Life? May be hundred thousands tourists during F1 week and that is it.
How about shopping? How many put Bahrain on their shopping destination? Most would go to Dubai. Bahrain as the financial & commercial center of the Middle East? It's going to take a lot more than "the most free economy of the Middle East" to overtake Dubai. So, what is there for the Kingdom of Bahrain? If the ruler of this country want Bahrain to be a small town with small ambition, then Gulf Air would most likely be the same. But, according to Vision Bahrain 2030 ( we are talking 20 more years!), future of Bahrain looks promising. Bahrain, a small country with a big ambition. Should Gulf Air be prepared to be the same?
Corruption, fraud, and mismanagement are the talk of the town when people talk about Gulf Air. Why regional jet when the airline is already operating Airbus320 family? If transparency exists, this regional jets project should be questioned and closely scrutinized.
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Well said, Sidestick Priority. You sound like a pragmatic Bahraini who has his ear close to the ground and the countries best interest at heart. Your country needs a lot of people like you, the realists.
That is an interesting incentive to get people to move across to the Embraer. No upgrades for six months should get everyone racing for the queue.
That is an interesting incentive to get people to move across to the Embraer. No upgrades for six months should get everyone racing for the queue.
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You're missing the point sal-e...all commands in GF will be throught the regional jet, so...those in the queue for command will probably be happy to slide over there to facilitate the progression of their commands..
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From: neverland
happy is the wrong work accpeting it smore accurate i would assume. problem is when everyone starts leaving again GF will be in bad shape and then what? after some guys went right seat in EMB i bet some will go on 320 as capts again.....GF has some great ideas but again implementation will be screwed is too many leave. anyways most guys will do whatever they ask as u have no choice anyways if u want to stay
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From: bahrain
Lousy service? GF is one of the best. Exemplary service! EK could learn a thing or two!
But i have to say that qatar airways has the best cabin service.
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Duh, your comment was not at all appreciated. Consider yourself reprimanded. Trust the mod gentlemen will convert this citizen's arrest into a more formal one in due course!
Happy New Year Everyone.
Happy New Year Everyone.