Gulf Air re-launches Al Najaf flight

Friday, 21 September 2012 00:01 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Gulf Air, yesterday celebrated the re-launch of flights to four prominent Iraqi destinations commencing with the first Al Najaf flight.

Al Najaf is the first destination to reopen with 4 weekly flights (which will be increased to daily from 1st December).

Commenting on the flight’s re-launch, Gulf Air Deputy CEO Maher Al Musallam said: “We are pleased to be resuming flights to Iraq as it has been an important market for us over the years.

Moreover, we have seen strong bookings since the announcement of the re-opening of our routes, and we are definitely starting off as we mean to go on.”

Flights to Baghdad, Erbil and Basra in Iraq will begin progressively between 21stSeptember and 29thOctober 2012. Baghdad will launch on 21stSeptember with 5 weekly flights while Erbil will launch effective from 23rd September with 4 weekly flights increasing to daily from 28thOctober and Basra will launch on 29th October with 3 weekly flights increasing to 4 from 1st December.