Gulf Air and Bahrain Islamic Bank sign $70m ijara facility

Posted Mon, 08/24/2009 - 15:48

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has signed a $70m facility with Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB). An agreement to this effect was concluded between the two organizations recently.
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L-R Mr. Mohammed Ebrahim Mohammed, BIsB’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Talal Al Zain, Gulf Air Chairman, Mr. Samer Majali, Gulf Air CEO.
This four year medium-term facility will be used to partly finance eight A320 aircraft, which are expected to delivered in the fourth quarter 2009 and first quarter 2010 Gulf Air has ordered last year.

'We are glad to have partnered with BIsB, the first Islamic Bank in the country and one of the pioneering Islamic banks in the region,' said Chairman of Gulf Air Board of Directors and Chief Executive of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company Mr. Talal AlZain

'As the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air is an integral part of the nation's economy and this ijara arrangement will facilitate Gulf Air to further strengthen its presence as a key player in the regional and global aviation industry and move on with its realignment programme in tune with Bahrain's 'Vision 2030' strategy.'
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Gulf Air website proves a super hit

Posted Sun, 08/09/2009 - 15:11

National carrier Gulf Air's website gulfair.com has proved to be a super hit in 2009 with more and more customers taking advantage of the airline's 'Our Best Fare Guaranteed' promise.
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Gulf Air website proves a super hit.
Gulf Air's average web sales for the period January to July 2009 witnessed a record-breaking 160% increase over the same period last year. What's more, there has been an upward trend in bookings over the year with a 140% increase in online sales in July over the month of January.

'The growing popularity and success of gulfair.com shows that our strategy to attract more customers to book online is paying off,'Read more

Marriott executive apartments Manama hosted hotel HR leaders meeting

Posted Sun, 08/09/2009 - 14:48

National carrier Gulf Air's website gulfair.com has proved to be a super hit in 2009 with more and more customers taking advantage of the airline's 'Our Best Fare Guaranteed' promise.
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Gulf Air website proves a super hit.
Gulf Air's average web sales for the period January to July 2009 witnessed a record-breaking 160% increase over the same period last year. What's more, there has been an upward trend in bookings over the year with a 140% increase in online sales in July over the month of January.

'The growing popularity and success of gulfair.com shows that our strategy to attract more customers to book online is paying off,'Read more

Gulf Air wins Superbrands award

Posted Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:06

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has been declared a 2009 'Superbrand' at the annual gala Superbrands awards held in Dubai recently.

A panel of 12 Superbrand Council Members together with the votes of some 500 CEOs and members of senior management from several corporate establishments in the region adjudged Gulf Air as a 'Superbrand'.

Gulf Air won this award in competition with over 1800 established brands in the region including several airlines such as Air Arabia, Air India, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, KLM, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.

'This award has proved once again Gulf Air is one of the most powerful brands amid intense competition,'Read more

Gulf Air reinforces commitment to train and develop employees

Posted Wed, 07/01/2009 - 15:54

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, in its continuous stride towards strengthening its in-house people skills, has embarked on several new initiatives recently.

As part of these initiatives, the airline has launched several training programmes in association with leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company.

Many employees were trained in the last few weeks on need-specific courses such as Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) to enhance safety assurance and improve productivity, Ramp Error Decision Aid (REDA) that would help cutting down on direct and indirect costs due to ramp incidents/accidents and SMS Implementation as required by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Boeing's support for training extends from focused technical classes to high level executive development courses

The national carrier has also launched a dedicated Corporate Training and Employee Development website providing its staff access to numerous self-development tools as well as opportunities to register for suitable training courses - from soft skills to specialist technical training designed for aviation professionals - so that they can equip themselves with appropriate skills in tune with the industry needs.
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Gulf Air’s new MRO service provider takes charge

Posted Wed, 06/24/2009 - 15:34

National carrier Gulf Air's newly appointed maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) took over the responsibility with effect from today from SRTechnics, who have been looking after Gulf Air' fleet until now.
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Staff members from Gulf Air, SR Technics and SIAEC at the handing-over function.
In a handing-over function held at the Gulf Air hangar at the Bahrain International Airport, Mr. Felix Ammann, Vice President Gulf Region Operations SR Technics handed over a symbolic key to Mr. Johnny Eng, General Manager SIACE in the presence of Gulf Air senior management to mark the transition.

Thanking the SRT team for its cooperation and support in the transition process over the last three months, Gulf Air Director of Special Projects Mr. Jasim Al Marzooqi said:

'The change in MRO service is part of our overall management strategy as it provides us with an opportunity to refocus on our engineering and maintenance systems and processes in order to improve our operational reliability, manage costs and have a self sufficient and robust aircraft maintenance system.'Read more