Bahrain Air takes delivery of sixth A320

Bahrain Air is taking delivery of its sixth Airbus A320 tomorrow as part of its expansion as a regional carrier

The airline is expecting to expand its fleet rapidly to nine Airbus aircraft within the next five months. The airline's managing director Ibrahim Al-Hamer says the seventh and eight aircraft will arrive by the end of June, and another delivery is due in October.

"The delivery of this number of aircraft at this time reflects the ambition of Bahrain Air's expansion," says the airline. The network is to increase k to include Istanbul and Mumbai by July, and expand from October to Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Karachi, Lahore and Riyadh.

The airline is launchiung a cargo division in July through a jopint venture with Manama based Addax.