SIA747Megatop From Singapore, joined Apr 2012, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 8011 times:
That looks like a fantastic J product. I'm not a fan of the Gulf Air logo on the business class divider and economy class headrest however. That falcon looks aggressive and imposing, not sure if that's the image i'd want to be associated with.
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babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3512 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (1 year 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7849 times:
That looks like a mighty comfy cabin and very bold design. Well done to them. They have done a great job keeping a bold image inside and outside the aircraft. The likes of Finnair should take note.
Quoting SIA747Megatop (Reply 1): I'm not a fan of the Gulf Air logo on the business class divider and economy class headrest however.
I think the headrests in economy look spectacular. That's just my opinion though.
and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.
VC10er From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 2426 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (1 year 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 7435 times:
They look great. Simple, clean. One one of my FAV liveries on outside which is rather aggressive so it's a beautiful balance to have such a clean lined interior.
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Bthebest From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2008, 418 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 4106 times:
They've already started rolling it out - if not mostly completed - the upgrade on the A320s. I flew GF to and from Kathmandu at the beginning of April and both A9C-AB and -AK had the updated cabin. It was great as I was expecting general cabin IFE, and instead ended up with personal, on-demand, touchscreen IFE with a good range and currency of material.
They just need to update their A330s now as the screens on that were terrible.
sq_ek_freak From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 1583 posts, RR: 21 Reply 11, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2232 times:
Quoting WY101 (Reply 5):
Airlineroute posted about the routes that are going to be served with the premium cabins here is the link:
Premium aircraft on routes like Mumbai and Delhi fine - but on Kochi, Colombo and Karachi kind of surprises me. Perhaps its for crew training purposes? The European routes make sense - Copenhagen, Frankfurt and Paris. The introduction of these aircraft seems to be Gulf Air's market realignment strategy in motion. It seems as though the larger Airbus wide bodies was too much aircraft for GF even on larger routes such as Frankfurt - so its good to see that they are making strides not only towards profitability but towards providing a high level of service, even on narrow bodies.
Quoting Thai744 (Reply 7): They've been left in the dust by Emirates, Etihad and Qatar, so it's good to see them lifting their game finally.
Exactly - they were never going to win by going for size and network, so focusing on being a smaller, lean, niche carrier with excellent service and a great hard product to match is the way to go for them.
WY101 From Oman, joined Feb 2012, 50 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1810 times:
Quoting sq_ek_freak (Reply 11): Premium aircraft on routes like Mumbai and Delhi fine - but on Kochi, Colombo and Karachi kind of surprises me. Perhaps its for crew training purposes? The European routes make sense - Copenhagen, Frankfurt and Paris. The introduction of these aircraft seems to be Gulf Air's market realignment strategy in motion. It seems as though the larger Airbus wide bodies was too much aircraft for GF even on larger routes such as Frankfurt - so its good to see that they are making strides not only towards profitability but towards providing a high level of service, even on narrow bodies.
Agree with you Kochi, Karachi seem like labour market with less premium traffic, although Colombo might be getting connecting flights from Europe with Honeymooners, Holiday makers etc.
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