Bahrain International Airport

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in April 2022, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

New destinations in Italy, France and the UK are joining the airline’s network.

Bahrain’s flag carrier signed the two deals on the first day of the Dubai Airshow.

Eight routes are being launched from December as Jordan seeks to increase its level of LCC penetration.

The planned service comes nearly a year after the two countries normalized their diplomatic relations.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

A third aircraft will be based in Lithuania’s capital, while Wizz’s Abu Dhabi-based offshoot is starting flights to Bahrain.

The airline will fly to 12 US destinations by late July—the same number as before the pandemic—with capacity to and from the country around 60% of 2019 levels.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

The services will increase the airline’s leisure offer to destinations in Europe.

The airlines said the agreement will boost connectivity in the region.

Singapore will return to the airline’s network after an absence of more than a decade.

The agreement builds on a 2018 MOU between the two flag-carriers.

The normalization accord between Bahrain and Israel paves the way for nonstop scheduled flights between the two countries.

The two carriers have agreed a codeshare deal less than four months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation.

Gulf carrier aims to “gradually” resume services with the goal of operating 45% of its pre-COVID capacity by August.

After a long period with a declining presence in the region, Gulf Air is spoiling for a comeback. Chief executive Krešimir Kučko explains more about the European and North American ambitions of Bahrain’s state-owned carrier.

This week: Low-cost carrier Interjet continues to expand its US network and Gulf Air to relaunch its Bahrain – Bangalore operation.

After restructuring its operations Gulf Air has been able to better control its future growth after successfully eradicating legacy debts reducing annual losses from BHD62.7 million in 2014 to BHD24.1 million in 2015. Ahead of this, its annual debts were as high as BHD196 million in 2012.

From the start of the forthcoming winter schedule, British Airways is to introduce new non-stop flights from London Heathrow to both Doha, Qatar and Muscat, Oman. Both destinations are already part of the airline’s network but are currently served with one-stop direct flight routings via Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

The first ever Routes Middle East & Africa forum took place in the Kingdom of Bahrain earlier this month and attracted over 40 airlines, 66 airports

Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace handed over a CSeries to North African carrier Nile Air during this week’s Routes Middle East & Africa forum in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. The CS100 model was presented to Mohamed El Sheriff, revenue and planning manager at the Egyptian carrier on the final morning of the event following its traditional event business card draw on the manufacturer’s stand.

In an official welcome address to delegates at the Routes Middle East & Africa Strategy Summit and the Gulf Conference Centre in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah, chief executive officer, Bahrain Airport Company, the host of this year’s inaugural forum, highlighted how the airport intends to continue its growth to support an increase in visitor arrivals into the Kingdom.

Bahrain International Airport, host of this year's inaugural Routes Middle East and Africa, is growing to cater to anticipated demand and allowed delegates to see first-hand how it intends to modernise the facility to support growth in arrivals to the Kingdom.

While the first chartered flight may have landed in Bahrain in 1927, the first scheduled commercial flight only arrived in the Kingdom in 1932, en-route from London to Delhi, carrying 24 passengers and establishing Bahrain as the Gulf’s first international airport.