Bahrain Air

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Bahrain Air
IATA
2B
ICAO
BAB
Callsign
Bahrain Air
Founded 2007
Commenced operations 2008
Hubs Bahrain International Airport
Fleet size 2
Destinations 10
Headquarters Flag of Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
Key people Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman
Website: http://www.bahrainair.net/

Bahrain Air (Arabic: طيران البحرين‎) is the second flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The low-cost airline plans to initially operate scheduled services to 13 destinations in the Middle East.[1] The airline plans to increase its destinations to 14 cities by April 2008, 23 cities by 2009 and up to 25 cities by 2010.

Bahrain Air started operations on February 1, 2008.[2] The airline will use a modern Airbus A320 fleet, with 12 seats in business and 150 in economy.[3] It will initially fly on Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, Mashad, Beirut, Amman and Alexandria routes.

Managing director Ibrahim Al Hamer said the plan was to increase the number of destinations to 25 in the next three years.

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[edit] Destinations

Initial destinations are:[2]

North Africa
South Asia
Southwest Asia

[edit] Fleet

The Bahrain Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):

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