Gulf Air Launches Inaugural Flight to Medina

Gulf Air launched its inaugural flight to Medina in Saudi Arabia today. The flight marks the start of a new four-time weekly service the carrier is operating to holy city of Medina.

Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer , Samer Majali led a delegation of senior Gulf Air executives and media representatives on the maiden voyage .

Speaking at the event about Gulf Air’s ties with Saudi Arabia that began nearly 60 years ago Majali said: “ Gulf Air’s first ever flight was to Dhahran in the Eastern Province in 1950, in 1982 the airline was the first international airline permitted to land at Riyadh . The addition of Medina to our network is one more example of this long relationship with our neighbor. I am glad we are now able to fulfill the long-felt need of our customers especially as we welcome the Holy month of Ramadan in a few weeks from now.”

Gulf Air will be flying the recently acquired new Embraer E70 aircraft on this route four times a week between Medina and Bahrain – Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.