Gulf Air to drop loss-making long-haul routes

mixu

As Gulf Air is losing $1 million a day it's restructuring its network and dropping a number of long-haul routes, including Sydney... doesn't say when though.

"We will stop operating to our heavily loss-making long-haul services to Dublin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Sydney and Singapore. Instead, we will allocate more assets to better serve all important centres in the Gulf and the Middle Eastern region," added Mr Dose.

https://www.gulfairco.com/press/newsEnglish.asp?displaynews=true&NewsLanguage=English&newsid=755

Donnie

Etihad, Emirates and Qatar are just too good.

islandannie

Well Etihad get my vote everytime.

Sam_Bee

It's a shame. Anyone that ever used their Sky Nanny service to Sydney will really miss out on a godsend and great idea in helping your young one for the 24 hour journey to Oz.

Their prices and routes have been fab (great connections to Sri Lanka, used to fly to Dar es Salaam) and i've used them to Jakarta as great value. And their hostesses gave me 8 (half) bottles of wine to enter Jakarta with. And they have upgraded me several times!

However, their toilets were always crummy.

I gather the problems were with their aging Boeing fleet. I hope they pick themselves up and challenge Qatar, Emirates etc again.

so2006

Hey!

Gulf air is a major airline and is competing with Emirates, qatar and etihad, Gulf air carrys more passengers than qatar and etihad :eek: which is very good for gf!
There sky nanny was a god-send, I travel with them al the time now, since the sky nanny is so helpfull!

No other Middle Eastern or any airline in the world can have sky nannys Or sky chefs, As it is copyrighted!

The plan to cut costs is working perfecty with there aircrafts (the whole of econamy and most of business and first class) now refurbished, and soon to have seat back tvs in ALL of there aircraft, They soon hope to the most latest video on demand systems in place soon! :T :T :T that is also on most asain routes (were other ME airlines,have no tvs or no VOD systems)

Gulf air is soon going to annouce there new plan for new aircraft and routes at the dubai air show::beer:

Click below for the whole story:
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=195504&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=30196

I wish Gf good luck

sohail