Gulf Air’s Dreamliner to fly London in June
Manama : Gulf Air’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be delivered on 27th April and will serve its double daily London Heathrow service, offering increased capacity and enhanced, superior onboard products and services, from 15th of June 2018.
The carrier, in a statement to BNA, also revealed it will be operating two kinds of new fleets, which are Boeing787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Gulf Air’s Boeing 787 Dreamliners will offer 282 seats in a two-class configuration, with 26 Falcon Gold Class seats and 256 Economy Class seats.
Passengers will enjoy many improvements with the 787 families such as the largest windows of any jet, air that is cleaner, more humid and at a higher pressure for greater comfort, large overhead bins with room for more baggage, soothing LED lighting and technology that senses and counters turbulence for a smoother ride.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is an all-new, super-efficient family of commercial aeroplanes that brings big-jet ranges and speed to the middle of the market with 20 to 25 percent less fuel and 20 to 25 percent fewer emissions than the aeroplanes they
replace.
“The new, incoming aircraft represents the beginning of an important chapter for the Kingdom’s national carrier as it begins to strategically expand its network and destinations, and modernize its fleet,” said Zayed bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and Chairman of Gulf Air’s Board of Directors
The Minister expressed his gratitude and appreciation to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister following his tour of Gulf Air’s newest aircraft.
In February this year, Gulf Air unveiled a new corporate strategy, 2018 network expansion plans to eight new routes, details surrounding its incoming fleet, new, best in class products and services and its new overall direction. The new fleet will facilitate Gulf Air’s expansion plans which will see it in 2018 grow to serve 50 cities.
This summer, Gulf Air will begin launching flights to its newest destinations which include Bangalore from 1st May to Alexandria, Egypt from 10th June, Casablanca in Morocco from 11th June, Baku in Azerbaijan from 12th June, Abha and Tabuk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 15th June, Calicut, India from 15th June and Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt from 16th June.
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