Gulf Air begins services to Colombo
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Cutting the
ribbon for the inaugural flight to Colombo at the Bahrain
International Airport. |
Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain and the carrier with the
largest Middle East international network, re-commenced its services to
Colombo yesterday.
The inaugural flight took off from the Bahrain International Airport
carrying Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Samer Majali and a team of
officials and journalists, seen off by senior officials from Bahrain
Civil Aviation Authority, Bahrain Airport Company and Gulf Air
executives.
Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Samer Majali said "Gulf Air has also
been a key link for hundreds of Sri Lankan businessmen exporting goods
ranging from tea, coffee, coconuts, rubber to cinnamon to Bahrain and
beyond in the Middle East region."
Majali said, "With Bahrain's "business friendly" economic policies
and its strategic location at the door-step of Saudi Arabia offering a
multi-million dollar business market, the re-commencement of service to
Colombo will be a great news for the Sri Lankan business community as
they now have a direct and non-stop service to Bahrain."
Gulf Air operates ten weekly flights between Bahrain and Colombo.
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