Gulf Air‘s winter schedule increases flights to and from Colombo
Posted on August 17th, 2011
Airline to operate nine flights per week from 30 October
As part of its new winter schedule, BahrainƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s national carrier Gulf Air today announcedthat it will increase its flights to Sri LankaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s capital Colombo to nine flights per week.
Announcing the schedule that will come into effect from 30 October, Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer Mr Karim Makhlouf said, ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Our Colombo service, which we started last October with four flights a week,has been well patronised by our customers registering over 75% load factor consistently. We are also witnessing over 50% increase in traffic from key European cities as well as from the GCC to this popular holiday destination indicating the need for additional flights.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Therefore, we increased our flights to nine per week withconvenient morning and evening flights. All our European flights provide excellent connectivity to Colombo via our efficient Bahrain hub so whether it is the European holidaymakers or the Sri Lankan expatriate community living in Europe, they now have more choices to fly to Sri Lanka.
ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Our aim is simple; we will offer our customers the best network of destinations, excellent connectivity toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ different market segments, newer aircraft, consistent and high quality products and above all, a real value-forƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…”money to our customers,ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚Mr. Makhlouf concluded.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Gulf Air has also announced winter promo fares starting at LKR 43100 from Colombo.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ Gulf AirƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s new winter schedule alsooffers 28 extra flights to UAE and Kuwait from Bahrain and additional flights to Addis Ababa, Beirut and Kabul while flight timings to Aden, Cairo, Dammam, SanaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢a have been modified to provide better connectivity and seamless connections to more new destinations via Bahrain.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The full winter timetable is available to download at gulfair.com.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The website also contains an interactive route map providing arrival, departure and connection times on passengersƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ chosen dates at the click of a button.ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
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Winter flight schedule Bahrain- Colombo-Bahrain
Flt Desg | Eff Date | Freq | Dept Arp | Dept Time | Arvl Arp | Arrv Time |
GFƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 0062 | 30OCT2011 | .23..67 | BAH | 10:15 | CMB | 17:40 |
GFƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 0063 | 30OCT2011 | .23..67 | CMB | 20:45 | BAH | 23:45 |
GFƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 0066 | 30OCT2011 | 1.34.67 | BAH | 20:15 | CMB | 03:50 |
GFƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ 0067 | 31OCT2011 | 12.45.7 | CMB | 04:50 | BAH | 07:50 |
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