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  Volume: XXII, Issue No. 19 May 16-31, 2013  
     
 
   
 
   
  AVIATION
  Bahrain Air to launch Beirut flights from Saudi hub
 
 
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Dammam : Bahrain Air, the Gulf kingdom's second carrier, is set to launch flights to Beirut from its new hub in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Services to the Lebanese capital will start on June 20 and will follow the launch of Bahrain Air's Khartoum flights from Dammam which began on June 13.
Both destinations will be serviced from King Fahad International Airport in Dammam which the airline said last month would operate as its second hub in the region.
Captain Ibrahim AlHamer, Bahrain Air's Managing Director, said, "This is a great moment in the history of Bahrain Air. The Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is a very important market for us as we start flying out of Dammam."
Bahrain Air is operating three flights a week to Khartoum International Airport on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and will operate four flights a week to Beirut on Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Bahrain Air currently operates flights to three major cities in Saudi Arabia_ Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.
In March, the CEO of Bahrain Air said he would be open to a merger with state-backed Gulf Air in a bid to enhance the carriers' network of flights and overall operational efficiency.
In an exclusive interview with Arabian Business, Richard Nuttall said there was an urgent need to solve the problems that both loss-making airlines face, and that a deal between the two carriers had a lot of support in the country.
"We are very open to merging with Gulf Air, and can see a number of synergies," he said.
Increases flights on
Indian route
Bahrain Air on June 18 announced the increase in its flight frequency from to India's Trivandrum.
It said in a statement that it was increasing to six flights a week from four.
The introduction of the additional flights will provide convenient and flexible travel choices for the passengers with "affordable fare and genuine care", the airline said in the statement.
The capacity to and from Trivandrum will boost the total number of frequency to India with 20 flights a week spread across Cochin, Calicut, Mumbai and Trivandrum, it added.
The frequency increase follows an encouraging response from passengers which has seen steady increase in our load factor on the route, the carrier said.
Bahrain Air, was forced to suspend flights on its Trivandrum route in April after a landing rights dispute that grounded its newly-launched service.
The airline finally got permission from the Indian authorities following two weeks of negotiations.
With 350,000 Keralites living in Bahrain, the Indian sub-continent remains a key focus area for the carrier and the additional flight frequency will further strengthen Bahrain Air's presence in the India.
   
 
 
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