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 |  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
- Aleppo (Aleppo International Airport)
- Amman (Queen Alia International Airport)
- Bahrain (Bahrain International Airport) hub
- Beirut (Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport)
- Damascus (Damascus International Airport)
- Dammam (King Fahd International Airport)
- Doha (Doha International Airport)
- Dubai (Dubai International Airport)
- Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport) (starts 11th June)
- Mashhad (Mashhad International Airport)
[edit] Fleet
The Bahrain Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008):
