MANAMA: Gulf Air has revealed Milan, Munich and Mykonos as new additions to its network next year.
Bahrain’s national carrier will start flying to Milan in Italy from July 2020 on the new Airbus A321neo, whereas Munich in Germany and Mykonos in Greece will both be served on seasonal basis from July to September 2020 with four weekly flights and three weekly flights respectively.
Malaga will be reinstated during summer 2020 with two weekly flights and Salalah will be reinstated during the same period with three weekly flights.
The announcement was made from Bahrain’s pavilion at the World Travel Market 2019 in London where Gulf Air co-exhibited with Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority.
Gulf Air’s chief executive Kresimir Kucko, who was present at the event, said: “Expansion into Europe for 2020 is aimed to support the strong infrastructure in tourism and trade. As our fleet expands and with the arrival of our new Airbus A321neo and more Dreamliners next year, we can now reach further places and serve more long-haul regions.”
The airline’s network is expanding tactically to strengthen the current destinations’ map with feeder cities balanced from the east and west of the kingdom.
With its boutique business model that was announced earlier this year, Gulf Air has started its fleet modernisation programme and received seven new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and four Airbus 320neo aircraft in 2018 and 2019.
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