Gulf Air launches flights to four new European destinations

Dhaka: Gulf Air has added four new destinations to its global network during the summer season. The Bahrain-based carrier will be offering new direct flights to two destinations in Italy, a new destination in France and in the United Kingdom.

Five weekly flights to Milan will begin on June 1 with two weekly departures to Rome launching on the same day.

Manchester in northern England will see two flights a week from the start of June, while Nice in southern France will welcome two weekly flights from June 2.

Flights to Milan, Rome and Nice will be operated by the airline’s new Airbus A321neo, while Manchester will be operated twice per week by the airline’s flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Also, the airline will resume its operations to Mykonos and Santorini in Greece, Malaga in Spain, Sharm Al Shaikh and Alexandria in Egypt and Salalah in Oman.

On the occasion, Gulf Air Chief Executive, Waleed AlAlawi, said, “These new destinations have been on our horizon and as travel bounces back to normalcy, we knew it was the right time to launch our new routes for our passengers.”

Earlier, Bahrain, base of Gulf Air, confirmed, it would relax entry requirements as tourism gets back on track following the coronavirus pandemic.