Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has launched direct operations to Gassim and Taif in Saudi Arabia, with four flights per week to each destination.

At a press conference held in Riyadh in collaboration with the airline’s Saudi Arabia general sales agent Al Tayyar Travel and Tourism Group, the airline celebrated the strengthening and expansion of its Saudi Arabian network supplemented by the addition of services to the two new cities.

Maher Salman Al Musallam, Gulf Air acting chief executive officer, said, “Bahrain’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is a longstanding one and our national carrier’s ties to our neighbour date back to our maiden service to Dhahran in 1950. Saudi Arabia is an important market for us and the launch of services to Gassim and Taif further demonstrates our commitment to connecting people to various destinations across Gulf Air’s network. I would like to extend our warmest thanks to the Saudi authorities for facilitating and supporting this new development that I am confident will be well-received by passengers.”

The airline’s existing operations to Dammam, Riyadh, Medina and Jeddah and its new additions take the total number of Saudi Arabian destinations serviced by the airline to six. - TradeArabia News Service