What is GF planning ???
 

Taken from the Gulf Air Website :


RECORD PERFORMANCE AT GULF AIR SETS THE SCENE FOR NEW ROUTES TO USA AND EUROPE IN LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR
27 Jul,2003

Stronger performance as passenger and cargo figures at the start of the third quarter continue to surge

Gulf Air today announced that it was ready to move ahead with the next phase of its expansion plans as the effects of the three-year restructuring strategy reflect in record performance for the airline.

The number of passengers on Gulf Air flights for the month to date is up by 11.6 per cent year on year and has exceeded the airline’s projections for the busy summer month. The positive growth trend in first and business classes over the last six months continued with a significant 22.9 per cent increase in premium traffic for July.

The added capacity available on the airline’s recently launched all economy full service subsidiary, Gulf Traveller is also being utilised with above target load factors on flights out of its base in Abu Dhabi.

The strong numbers are matched by excellent On Time Performance (OTP) with 80 per cent of flights departing within 15 minutes. There has also been a 30.4 per cent decrease in denied boardings, indicating that measures to improve levels of service and efficiency are taking effect.

Gulf Air’s cargo uplift has also recorded strong growth with an increase of 7 per cent over July last year.

“Our exceptional performance demonstrates not only the success of our initiatives,” said Fareed Al Alawi, Vice President Network at Gulf Air. “More importantly it shows that we have the trust and confidence of our passengers.”

“Despite the enormous challenges of the Iraq crisis and the outbreak of SARS, Gulf Air is on track to meet its financial targets and to fulfill its obligations to the board and its three owner states,” he said.

“Our strong performance sets the scene for the next phase of our expansion strategy. In addition to the recently announced resumption of services to Sydney and Athens, we intend to resume operations to the USA and add still further key destinations in Europe to our network,” he said in conclusion.

So what are the latest Rumors ?? :confused:

Later :ok:

I saw that GF are looking for B767 FO and Captains. They advertised in "The Australian" Newspaper last Friday.

Is this due to expansion, or are they just filling in the empty spots?

“Despite the enormous challenges of the Iraq crisis and the outbreak of SARS, Gulf Air is on track to meet its financial targets and to fulfill its obligations to the board and its three owner states,” he said.

The region must be doing well, as I was told that Emirates are 50% up on their projected profit for the period so far despite the war and Sars.

Good news all round.

ac100 .... suggest you get your facts right before going into print.

The guy heading Reservations is British, not Australian.

He worked in a senior management position for Railtrack in the UK before joining GF which hardly justifies referring to him as a "railway worker".

Prior to joining Railtrack he was Reservations Manager for British Midland ... very relevant background I would have thought.

Read a report somewhere that there was an order placed at the Paris airshow to an undisclosed customer, for 10 EMB 190's plus options.

One crystal ball gazer was speculating that the order was possibly for GF, given their recent interest in the regional market.

Whats the word on the street?? Is this the regional jets you were refering to bagshaw?
It would make sense........

That's possibly true wandirin.

Gulf frequency and an un-tapped leisure market evidently.

The leisure market involves Oman as a tourist destination aswell as Sharm El Sheikh and Aquaba.

Gulf frequency obvious.

Just rumours of course.