Gulf Air Begins to Operate Flights from Domodedovo to Manama (Bahrain)

OREANDA-NEWS. A new Moscow Domodedovo Airport partner - Gulf Air - began to operate flights on the unique air route: Moscow - Manama (Bahrain) - Moscow. The flights are operated on a regular basis four times a week: on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The new air route of Gulf Air connecting the largest air hub of Russia with the capital of Bahrain offers travelers unique transfer opportunities of one of the most extensive route networks in the Middle East.

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"Connecting the Russian capital with Bahrain, we open up new opportunities for business, tourism and investments in the economies of the two countries. We are sure that the new destination will be a success and in great demand," said Maher Salman Al Musallam, acting CEO of Gulf Air.

Flights from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Bahrain will be operated by an Airbus A320-ER aircraft with 110-seat capacity in a two-class configuration of 14 Falcon Gold flatbed seats and 96 Economy class seats with wide legroom providing maximum comfort inflight.

The Kingdom of Bahrain among the top twenty countries with the highest level of economic freedom and ranks first among the Middle East countries taking into account this indicator. But it is not just one of the major business and financial centers, but also an important tourist destination of the region. Annually Bahrain is visited by more than 2 million tourists attracted by amazing ancient monuments, flavor of oriental culture and luxurious vacations, and of course the annual Formula 1 race. In 2014, Bahrain's capital Manama was awarded the title of the City Asian Tourism.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest air hub in Russia, and in 2013, its total passenger traffic amounted 30.76 million people. It is the best airport in Russia and the CIS as rated by Skytrax. Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the base airport in Moscow for member airlines of the largest global airline alliances - Star Alliance and oneworld.