Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced that it will resume its direct operations to and from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport with two weekly flights, starting from 15 February, on its new Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Sri Lanka since 1981 and it is one of the airline’s main destinations in the Indian Sub-continent region. The airline currently flies to and from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, Muscat, Cairo, Amman, Casablanca, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Athens, Bangkok, Manila, Dhaka and several destinations in India and Pakistan.
Being one of the few airlines that never stopped flying in 2020, Gulf Air continuously works closely with government authorities across its network to resume operations as demand for travel grows. Gulf Air boasts a flexible and agile network by immediately adapting to government guidelines and civil aviation directives and has been responsive to continuous changes and updates.
It said updates are constantly added on http://www.gulfair.com/covid19 including travel advice, network and new health and safety procedures.
Source: http://www.ft.lk/travel-tourism/Gulf-Air-resumes-direct-flights-to-Colombo-from-15-Feb/27-712917
