MANAMA - Gulf Air, announced the addition of seven extra flights weekly starting 9 July 2013, to and from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, an increase capacity on the route by over 30 percent, and the frequency from 14 to 21 flights per week each direction. 

Maher Salman AlMusallam Gulf Air acting chief executive officer, said: “I would like to thank Saudi Arabia’s General Authority specifically its President Prince Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud, and its Vice President, Dr. Faisal Al-Sugair and his colleagues for their cooperation in approving the additional frequencies.

"The introduction of additional flights between Jeddah and Bahrain reinforces the importance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a key longstanding market for Gulf Air and is aligned to the airline’s business strategy to concentrate on high-demand routes to ensure its primary customer base is served effectively and efficiently.

“As part of Gulf Air’s restructuring strategy the airline is committed to strengthening its core services specifically its regional network; Gulf Air operates one of the largest networks in the region. Gulf Air is proactively looking for opportunities to strengthen its network through increasing frequencies, enhancing existing codeshare relationships and developing others.

"We are in the final stages of negotiations to increase frequencies to a number of key destinations in order to offer more convenient travel options to our customers.”