Gulf Air takes part in 2018 Saudi Aramco travel show

Manama : Gulf Air has participated in the 2018 Saudi Aramco Annual Travel Show held at Saudi Aramco’s worldwide headquarters in Dhahran. 

Alongside travel agents, various airlines and travel and hospitality exhibitors, Gulf Air shared news of its highly anticipated incoming fleet of 39 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft which will commence delivery in the coming months. 

A total of 7 new aircraft, 5 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and 2 Airbus A320neo aircraft, will enter the airline’s fleet before the end of the year. 

Alongside this, Gulf Air promoted its flight schedule to/from 5 destinations in Saudi Arabia, which includes major network expansion plans to the Saudi Arabian cities of Abha and Tabuk, from 15th June 2018. This will expand its Saudi Arabia operations to complement its current service to Dammam, Riyadh, Madina Al Munawarah, Jeddah and Gassim.

Further to its upcoming new routes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in 2018 the airline will add to its current India operations to Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Trivandrum and Hyderabad, with flights to Bangalore and Calicut. Gulf Air’s Cairo operations will be supplemented by direct flights to Alexandria and flights to Sharm El Shaikh. The airline will also launch operations to Baku in Azerbaijan and to Casablanca in Morocco.