Gulf Air gets the green light for additional seats to India

Doha: Gulf Air has been granted additional capacity to India following a bilateral agreement, signed by top aviation officials of Bahrain and India.
The agreement between Bahrain's Civil Aviation Affairs and their Indian counterpart gives Gulf Air operating rights to Hyderabad on a daily basis.
It also grants the airline additional rights for daily services to Kochi and Kolkata.
The agreement was concluded after two-day discussions in Delhi, diplomatic sources said. The success of this swift bilateral aviation agreement between Bahrain and India presents a golden opportunity for the two countries to further boost their economic and cultural development-an airline official said.
He added that Gulf Air had aggressively embarked on its expansion plans with the recent announcement of the Boeing 787 order valued at nearly $6bn in list prices.
07/02/08 Gulf Times, Qatar

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