For the American airline that operated with a similar name, see Gulf Air Transport.
Gulf Air
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
GF
GFA
GULF AIR
Founded
1950 (as Gulf Aviation)
Hubs
Bahrain International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Falconflyer[1]
Fleet size
40
Destinations
50[2]
Parent company
Gulf Air Holding B.S.C
Headquarters
Muharraq, Bahrain
Key people
Zayed Rashid Al Zayani, Chairman[3]
Jeffery Goh, Group CEO[4]
Website
GulfAir.com
Gulf Air (Arabic: طيران الخليج, romanized: Ṭayarān al-Khalīj) is the flag carrier of Bahrain, which was founded in 1950 by British pilot Freddie Bosworth as Gulf Aviation. Headquartered in Muharraq, the airline operates scheduled flights to 59 destinations in 28 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The airline's main hub is at Bahrain International Airport.
Gulf Air currently serves all its destinations with a mixed fleet consisting of the narrow-body Airbus A320, Airbus A321 and Airbus A320neo family aircraft, as well as the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Gulf Air is the sponsor of the Bahrain Grand Prix and Bahrain International Airshow. It is certified as a 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by Skytrax,[5][6] becoming one of just sixteen airlines and the third airline in the world and in the Middle East respectively to achieve this top recognition. Dubai–International is the busiest route served by the airline, with over 95 flights a week back and forth.[citation needed]
^"About Falconflyer". Gulf Air.
^"Gulf Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^"Board of Directors". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^"Jeffrey Goh - DCEO". Gulf Air. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^"Gulf Air 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating". Skytrax.
^"Gulf Air Receives The Coveted Skytrax Five Star Covid19 Airline Safety Rating" (Press release). Manama: Gulf Air. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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