Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer Maher AlMusallam (third from right) greets passengers boarding the Gulf Air flight to Al Najaf, alongside Ahmed Abdulla Janahi, Director Ground Services, Gulf Air (extreme left).GULF Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, celebrated recently the relaunch of flights to four prominent Iraqi destinations commencing with the first Al Najaf flight which departed Bahrain International Airport on Sept. 20. Al Najaf is the first destination to reopen with 4 weekly flights (which will be increased to daily from Dec. 1). Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer Maher AlMusallam said: “We are pleased to be resuming flights to Iraq as it has been an important market for us over the years. Moreover, we have seen strong bookings since the announcement of the re-opening of our routes, and we are definitely starting off as we mean to go on." Flights to Baghdad, Erbil and Basra in Iraq will begin progressively between Sept. 21 and Oct. 29, 2012. Baghdad has 5 weekly flights while Erbil has 4 weekly flights increasing to daily from Oct. 28. Basra will launch on Oct. 29 with 3 weekly flights increasing to 4 from Dec. 1. – SG
