Gulf Air takes off to Milan, Geneva
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, has launched a new route to Milan with the inaugural flight taking passengers and media representatives along with Samer Majali, Gulf Air’s chief executive officer from Bahrain’s international airport.
“Milan is one of the EU’s and the world’s major financial and business centres boasting Europe’s fourth highest GDP,” Majali said. “From finance to fashion, from designer automobiles to discerning music, from architecture to art, the city of Milan is undeniably one of the most popular destinations in Europe, attracting millions of visitors every year.”
For Majalil, launching services to Milan opens new doors of trade and tourism opportunities to the people and businesses of Bahrain and the region and brings new commercial and other opportunities to Manama and beyond.
“With four flights a week arriving and departing in Milan at convenient timings, we hope the business community as well as leisure passengers from Bahrain will find our service perfect for their needs,” Majali said.
Enrico Padula, the Italian ambassador to Bahrain, saw the new service as “an enhancement of the ties between Italy and Bahrain.”
“We will do everything at our disposal to support the Milan route, and we are certain that it will encourage passengers in both countries to explore every-thing Bahrain and Milan have to offer,” he said.
Milan, the capital of the region of Lombardy, has a population of more than 1.3 million and is an international and cosmopolitan city that remains one of Europe’s main transportation and industrial hubs.
Following the Milan launch, Gulf Air also began its service to the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday with three weekly flights.
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