Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Bahrain Air announces 4 more flights to Kerala

Dubai: Bahrain Airways has announced four more flights to Trivandrum, underlining that Kerala is an important destination for the airline as a large number of Indians living in the Gulf are from the state.

Bahrain Air has announced four flights a week to Trivandrum with plans to increase it to seven flights a week by the summer.

With the milestone of seven flights a week to Trivandrum, Kerala will constitute 80 per cent of Bahrain Air's India capacity, with 17 flights a week across Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum.

The airline's Managing Director Captain Ibrahim Al Hamer said that the Indian Sub Continent remains a key focus area for Bahrain Air and Kerala continues to be an important destination.

"Currently there are about 350,000 Keralites in Bahrain and another 400,000 in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. This new route to Trivandrum, once again reiterates our commitment to improve our services and meet the needs of our customers within the region," he said.

"We are positive for the future and traffic rights permitting we will continue to increase flights to India as we take more aircrafts in the future," he added.

Source:  http://english.manoramaonline.com

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