National carrier Gulf Air is all geared up to meet the peak summer rush with many of its routes already witnessing increased bookings during the upcoming summer months. The airline has received encouraging bookings to many of its popular summer destinations in Europe, the Far East and the Indian sub-continent. Last month alone it has witnessed a load factor of over 75% across the network with some sectors registering above 95%. CEO Samer Majali said, “I would like to thank the Bahrain leadership and the government for their continuous support and of course, our customers for choosing to fly with us as always." He continued, “Though we have been going through some tough times, due to combinations of several unprecedented regional and economic factors and closure of some profitable routes due to the security situation and travel bans by several countries, we have been working hard to serve our customers with continuous improvement to our quality of service and products." “This has reflected in the encouraging bookings we are witnessing on several sectors on our network for the summer season. We remain committed to providing the highest levels of customer service" Mr Majali concluded. Over the past two years, Gulf Air has embarked on an aggressive revamping of its products and services that have received excellent feedback from customers leading to winning a few awards such as the best ‘family friendly airline' award twice from US-based publications and the ‘best cabin crew' ranking from an IATA survey. Gulf Air now operates a very young fleet with an average age of just 5.2 years most of which have been fitted with modern interiors, full flatbed seats on Falcon Gold class, state of the art in-flight entertainment that offers hi-speed broad band internet, mobile phone connectivity, live TV, and a vast collection of movies, music and games, not to mention the unique and award winning Sky Nanny and Sky Chef services on board. In addition, Gulf Air has recently opened its fully renovated Falcon Gold lounge at Bahrain International Airport that features for the first time, private sleeping rooms, a cigar lounge and shower rooms with hotel-style towels and luxury brand toiletries and amenities, besides a fully equipped modern business centre and a family lounge area with a Sky Nanny in attendance and a gaming room equipped with Xbox and PlayStation units. A similar lounge is also available in London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 and in Dubai Airport for premium passengers.
