Five years after its launch, Bahrain Air sees itself forced to close down shop. The airline, which flew to over 20 destinations in its brief history, heavily competing against Gulf Air, now blames the government for partiality.
Bahrain Air now flies to Beirut in Lebanon from Dammam Airport in Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain Air expanding with new base in Dammam. Launches flights to Sudan on 13 June, Beirut to follow on 20 June.
Bahrain Air now flies to Thiruvananthapuram/Trivandrum in India from its Bahrain Airport base.
The oil state of Kuwait’s only airport has seen rapid growth in recent years, but this development has now slowed down. Which are the biggest airlines in the market? Which route dominates with more than twice the capacity of any other route? And what capacity will be brought with the new terminal?
Bahrain Air has relaunched the route from Bahrain Airport to Kuwait City.
What impact have the domestic problems in Bahrain had on the demand for air travel at the country’s airport in 2011? How seasonal is demand through the airport? How are the two national carriers continuing to develop their networks? And which other notable carriers serve the airport?
Bahrain Air relaunches flights to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
Bahrain Air now flies to its first European destination as the airline launched flights to Turkey’s Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.
The relative calm before the megastorm. Just a handful of new routes this week involving Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the USA. Next week, as the summer season officially gets under way, we will have information on almost 200 global new routes.
More interesting new routes started this week involving airports in Bahrain, Barbados, Canada, France, Iraq, Norway, Oman, Russia, the UK, Ukraine and the USA. Can Oman Air come up with another cake as good as last week’s award-winning creation?
