Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has announced the extension of its temporary network operations from King Fahd International Airport in Dammam to 10 key destinations that will run until the end of April. 

This new development comes amid the temporary closure of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s airspace and that of certain countries in the region in light of current developments.

These new flights from Dammam will cover some of the major cities across the globe including London Heathrow (until April 11) as well as Indian cities of Mumbai and Chennai, Nairobi (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), Bangkok (Thailand), Manila (Philippines) and Casablanca (Morocco) until April 30. 

Gulf Air said it will provide ground transportation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and King Fahd International Airport for passengers holding confirmed bookings on these flights.

The Bahrain flag-carrier is facilitating Saudi Arabia transit visa assistance exclusively for passengers travelling to and from the kingdom, who are using Gulf Air organized ground transportation. Passengers whose final destination is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, must hold a valid visa arranged independently.-TradeArabia News Service