Gulf Traveller

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Gulf Traveller
IATA
GF
ICAO
GFA
Callsign
GULF AIR
Founded 2003
Hubs Bahrain International Airport
Seeb International Airport
Frequent flyer program Gulf Air Frequent Flyer Programme
Fleet size 6
Destinations 15
Parent company Gulf Air
Headquarters P.O. Box 138,
Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Key people Ahmed AlHammadi (Acting CEO)
Website: http://www.gulftraveller.com
Gulf Traveller B767 on stand at Abu Dhabi Airport.
Gulf Traveller B767 on stand at Abu Dhabi Airport.

Gulf Traveller was the all-economy full service subsidiary airline of Gulf Air. Its main base was Abu Dhabi International Airport.[1] It was briefly relocated between Bahrain and Muscat airports after Abu Dhabi pulled out of the Gulf Air consortium in 2005, and in May 2007 Oman also pulled out of the group leaving Bahrain as sole owner of Gulf Air. Gulf Traveller has since been disbanded due to these changes.

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[edit] History

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Gulf Traveller was founded on 1 June 2003 as part of the Gulf Air three year restructuring and turnaround programme instigated by James Hogan. The model behind Gulf Air was to economise on routes with little demand for First or Business Class passengers. Gulf Traveller's inaugural flight between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah took place on 15 June 2003.

Gulf Traveller also made history with the appointment of a female pilot - the first airline in the region to do so. The female pilot is a French national, Caroline Le Cann, flying the Gulf Traveller Boeing 767.

Gulf Traveller planned to add Birmingham, United Kingdom, to its list of destinations in 2004, however, the project was put on hold for the foreseeable future in 2005, and then eventually scrapped.

[edit] Destinations

Gulf Traveller operated to the following destinations from their Hubs at Bahrain and Muscat:

  • Africa: Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Zanzibar
  • Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
  • South Asia: Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Mumbai, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Southeast Asia: Jakarta

[edit] Fleet

The Gulf Traveller Fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2007) [1] :

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
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