Gulf Air Developments

[BLSA]

Maybe we are planing to seize over SA market???

[Botata]

Closure of morr routes - whilst no plan what's happening with us... And then he's got the cheek to tell us to be safe

[DesertHawk]

this is what happens when a bunch of qualified intelligent people make decisions. let us all think...only took 60 years to learn how to totally ruin an airline!

[EK2EYengineer]

Engineering will be losing total of 150 engineers all across the network that is a final figure so far

[Basset hound]

I imagine the other carriers in the region will happily absorb those Engineers.

[Airmann]

Haven't the "other" carriers already absorbed almost everything that was once Gulf Air's?

[buba]

Was chatting to a guy from sales department, says the yeild from dac,cmb,ktm was'nt good.

[mutt]

Qatar Airways started their first new route into Saudi today, they will operate 4 times a week to Gassim. It didnt take them long to react, now what about GF?

Mutt

[BLSA]

For QR it was planned long time ago... so nothing to do with the license won recently
Qatar Airways sets stage for Qassim flights | ArabNews

[Che Guevara]

I fear that this once great airline shall soon relegated to the annals of History, for this shall be a major 'loss of face', with nobody else left to blame but their own.

[Atebis]

Gulf Daily News » Local News » Row over airline plan to slash 800 jobs

[Airmann]

The QR Qassim flights have nothing to do with the new license, these flights are to/from Doha. GF had actually planned to operate to Qassim and a few other minor Saudi cities a few years ago but never launched the route. The new license is for domestic routes inside Saudi and I believe international routes from Saudi to other international destinations not in the carriers home country.

[buba]

Heard the 340 gettin prepped for dry lease.
Also heard FTL will change due to an audit by bah CAA.

[fly66]

wet or dry??????

[buba]

Heard dry.

[BLSA]

Any news on how many aircrafts will remain???

[rumrunner69]

one... it will keep doing touch and goes at BAH to make it look like we fly somewhere

[BLSA]

They need to axe only one destination to cut the losses, and that destination is BAH

[John21UK]

The final decision is 26 aircraft. All Embraer pilots have been given their notice to leave. There will be redundancies on the Airbus as well, although minor.

I've met some great crews/people here and I wish those remaining all the best, either at Gulf Air or any future endeavours. It's been incredibly stressfull and difficult the past months but we've got to move on and look forward.

I swore to stop posting here to reduce stress and anger management issues (lol) but I'll finish with a "Massalama to you all..."

[ferris]

Bon Chance, "John21Uk". I hope that one day you can look back on this and see it as a positive step ie. I hope you land on your feet.