With just six weeks are left for the re-launch of direct flights between Bahrain and Uganda, national carrier Gulf Air hosted a meeting with Uganda’s travel trade stakeholders and prominent travel agency representatives followed by a press conference at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel on Thursday.
Speaking to the stakeholders and the media representatives, Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer, Karim Makhlouf presented an overview of the airline, its network, products and services, and highlighted the advantages of flying with the Middle East’s largest network carrier, Gulf Air.
“We are pleased to be re-launching services to Entebbe, our fifth destination in the African continent encouraged by the positive and dynamic social, political and economic developments of Uganda. We believe that the recommencement of services between Uganda and Bahrain will spur investment, trade and leisure travel between the two countries and the larger East Africa region,” he added.
Gulf Air will fly non-stop to Entebbe, Uganda from 5 December 2011 four times a week, operating an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 16 seats in Falcon Gold and 120 in Economy with the capacity to carry four tons of freight.
The national carrier will also be launching direct flights to Juba, South Sudan from 7th February 2012.