Gulf Traveller

Infobox Airline
logo=GulfTLogo.pnglogo size=200px
airline=Gulf Traveller
fleet_size=6
destinations=15| IATA=GF
IATA Number=072
ICAO=GFA
ICAO country prefix= =
callsign=GULF AIR
founded=2003
headquarters=P.O. Box 138,
Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain
key_people= Ahmed AlHammadi (Acting CEO)
hubs=Bahrain International Airport
Seeb International Airport
parent=Gulf Air
frequent_flyer=Gulf Air Frequent Flyer Programme
website= http://www.gulftraveller.com

Gulf Traveller was the all-economy full service subsidiary airline of Gulf Air. Its main base was Abu Dhabi International Airport.Flight International 3 April 2007] It was briefly relocated between Bahrain and Muscat airports after Abu Dhabi pulled out of the Gulf Air consortium in 2005, and in May 2007 Oman also pulled out of the group leaving Bahrain as sole owner of Gulf Air. Gulf Traveller has since been disbanded due to these changes.

History

Gulf Traveller was founded on 1 June 2003 as part of the Gulf Air three year restructuring and turnaround programme instigated by James Hogan. The model behind Gulf Air was to economise on routes with little demand for First or Business Class passengers. Gulf Traveller's inaugural flight between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah took place on 15 June 2003.

Gulf Traveller also made history with the appointment of a female pilot - the first airline in the region to do so. The female pilot is a French national, Caroline Le Cann, flying the Gulf Traveller Boeing 767.

Gulf Traveller planned to add Birmingham, United Kingdom, to its list of destinations in 2004, however, the project was put on hold for the foreseeable future in 2005, and then eventually scrapped.

Destinations

Gulf Traveller operated to the following destinations from their Hubs at Bahrain and Muscat:
*Africa: Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Zanzibar
*Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
*South Asia: Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Mumbai, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram
*Southeast Asia: Jakarta

Fleet

The Gulf Traveller Fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2007) :

*5 Boeing 767-300ER

External links

* [http://www.gulfairco.com/ Gulf Air]

References