859Gulf Air of Bahrain General Information

859 Gulf Air of Bahrain General Information

Gulf Air

IATA Code: GF
ICAO Code: GFA
Slogan: A class of our own

Website: http://www.gulfair.com
Address: 20th Fl., Vorawat Building, 849 Silom Rd, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 (In Thailand)
Airline contact number
Office Phone: 0225479314
Airport: 02-134-2349-52
Reservation / Ticketing: 02-635-1417
Call Center: 02-635-1417
Office: 02-254-7935-8
Fax: 022525256
Email: gfrsvn@sunaviation.co.th, gfsales@sunaviation.co.th

Gulf Air is the flag carrier of Bahrain. Headquartered in Muharraq, adjacent to Bahrain International Airport, the airline operates scheduled services to 50 destinations in 27 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe. Its main base is Bahrain International Airport. Gateway in Jiangxi (KOW).

Get to know Gulf Air….when the greatness of the world-class airline Starting with a small airline

Gulf Air

Gulf Air is currently the national airline of Bahrain. There is an aviation base in Manama. Many people may be wondering why the name is Gulf Air, why not Bahrain Air or something like that. That’s because in the past, Gulf Air was the national airline of four countries: Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

The beginning of Gulf Air

Gulf Air is one of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, founded in 1949. It was originally privately owned and operated from Bahrain. In 1951-1970, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation, now British Airways) took over. major shareholder A major turning point was in 1973 when the four governments of Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman Has bought shares from BOAC, 25% per country by flying out of Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Muscat It is truly called “Gulf Air” (Gulf here is the Persian Gulf).

Gulf Air operated at great heights until 1985 when Emirates was established by the Emir of Dubai (not related to the capital Abu Dhabi), giving rise to competition in the region. But in the beginning Emirates Airlines was not very big. How to compete with the 4 national airlines?

Gulf Air Turning Point

Gulf Air thrived until 2002 when the Qatari government Considered that it would be better to establish your own airline (Actually, the airline has already been set up. It decided to withdraw its shares from Gulf Air and the governments of Abu Dhabi and Oman in 2005 and 2007 respectively, becoming the only airline of Bahrain to date.

Currently, Gulf Air has 34 planes flying to Bangkok 1 flight per day (before the COVID-19 epidemic situation). The airlines of the former joint venture Gulf Air are as follows:

Qatar Airways currently has 235 aircraft.
Etihad Airways currently operates 96 aircraft.
Oman Air currently has 47 aircraft.

As for Emirates, it is a separate airline established by the Ruler of Dubai. There are currently 254 aircraft.

Of these four countries, Bahrain is the least oil exporter. If compared, it’s not close at all. Airlines in neighboring countries have developed a leap forward, leaving old friends like we see today.