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Gulf Air: What Mr. Kooheji is saying these days.

New airplanes (Inshallah) next year, more Airbus A320's, new interiors and entertainment systems, Dublin, Singapore and a few more routes perhaps and greater frequency to existing ones, Shanghai and USA destinations.

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DATE:07/03/08
SOURCE:Flightglobal.com
Gulf Air focuses on fleet replacement
By Megan Kuhn

Bahraini flag-carrier Gulf Air aims to revamp its current fleet before the first of 16 Boeing 787 aircraft on order is delivered to the carrier in 2016.

During a signing ceremony today for the 787 aircraft in Washington, DC Chairman Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji told flightglobal.com's sister premium news site ATI: “We hope to get new aircraft in our fleet next year.” The carrier is particularly interested in the Airbus A320, he says.

Al Kooheji says Gulf Air is also interested in upgrading interiors of its existing aircraft and installing state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment (IFE).

Flight’s ACAS database shows Gulf Air flies 10 Airbus A320-200s, six A330-200s, nine A340-300s, two Boeing 737-800s and four 767-300ERs.

Gulf Air is also in the process of revamping its network, “consolidating the routes we have,” and possibly adding new destinations, the carrier’s Chairman says.

“Most likely, [we’ll] return to discontinued routes,” Al Kooheji notes, such as Singapore and Dublin. He also says Gulf Air will “add more frequencies to existing routes.”

Other markets recently cut by Gulf Air include Hong Kong, Sydney, Johannesburg and Jakarta.

Last month the airline unveiled plans to inaugurate nonstop service to Shanghai in June.

During the signing, Al Kooheji expressed interest in resurrecting US service. The carrier ceased US flights in 1997; however, Gulf Air has had a codeshare with American Airlines since 1994.

“Gulf Air is now really moving forward. Hopefully we will be flying back to the US very soon,” says Al Kooheji.

More aircrafts next year? Could be more A330-2/3's and A340-3/5/6's leased from Boeing?

Let's see...

:ok:

Hope to see action on the complete refurb soon.

Don't think speed tape will cover this one.

We must be at least the same standard as our local competitors to keep the customers happily flying with us.

This is the same guy that said 747's are on there way and that there will be 1500 redundancies amongst expats!! Say no moron

I see you are one of the sharp tacks in GF. Hope you are not a Captain (level 4 please)

Maybe just a grammatical error. :}

Happy landings.

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Hope to see action on the complete refurb soon.

Don't think speed tape will cover this one.

Fresh speed tape is in the order (several crates of it) to replace the peeling tape currently on the aircraft. ;)

Cam32, I think MaffiFaloos was referring to the chairman. He did mention the 747 once. I wish he would stop making statements like that and let the PCE do that. If you notice, he jumps at any opportunity to announce elaborate plans but when the news is bleak, the PCE gets to make those announcements.

Are there any new rumors floating concerning new aircraft next year? What is the status of the mentioned A320 order?

Thanks Stefan

Has GF ever hired or do they hire direct entry captains?

Why captain A. Alkohejey alwyes do ferry flights to the ZRH....
he just become a captain..and there are SNR BOYS on A320...................is that caz he related to the bose??????

To answer your question Casa..they have in the past hired DEC's, however all recent vacancies and future ones are being filled by qualified senior f.o.'s...never say never, but it's highly unlikely GF will need to recruit DEC's in the foreseeable future..

Why captain A. Alkohejey alwyes do ferry flights to the ZRH....
he just become a captain..and there are SNR BOYS on A320...................is that caz he related to the bose??????

whats it matter to have that capt flying to zrh? seniority counts for nothing in this regard.

Capt Fatal again! the way he replies he is either drunk or drunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HARAM! maybe the office does not trust you to fly anythere except DMM DOH AUH or MCT in the best case scenario

i leave DMM DOH AUH for you., caz i am not a320 or b767 driver,, you can enjoy those sectores.....why some people here do not like to know the reality........he just few months since become a captain..........there are boys in a320 already complained regarding........all the the ZRH flight he have to do it why.........???..........so...:ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ok:

This sort of stuff is kind of worrying.....

Capt Fatal,
you are not a 320 driver way the hell you are complaining then?

Crapt_Fatal, :yuk:, you are NOT a320 !!!Then, :yuk::yuk: I don’t see you complaining about all the Dublin flts... is capt. Al Ansary related to you then or the CO....:suspect:

Ib watch it up.....alot of boys started to talk about your standard on A320........i do not know how you become a TRE on that fleet........SANJY...is all your fault......watch it up before another 072