The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain has chartered a Salam Air A320 to bring the first batch of 1,500 citizens stranded in the Islamic Republic of Iran, of which with the Kingdom has no diplomatic relations. No idea about route, if the aircraft stopped in Oman or entered Omani airspace b...
Jump to postBahrain CAA extends suspension of all flights BAH-DXB/SHJ through to February 28, effecting GF, EK, FZ, G9.
Bahrain CAA suspends all flights to Lebanon and Iraq, effecting GF and IA.
Bahrain CAA orders frequency reduction on regional routes effecting various airlines.
The actual flight time between BAH -DMM is more akin to 20 minutes. These are very generous flight times.
Jump to postCan someone explain why Saudia doesn't fly non-stop from Dammam to London. I mean Gulf Air flies daily from Bahrain to London. BA, I believe also fly daily from Bahrain to London. I know these flights take up the load since Bahrain and DMM are very close. But one has to drive though the causeway an...
Jump to postscbriml wrote:FabDiva wrote:BA do not require ID for domestic flights at all!
I've always been required to show id on BA domestic flights when checking in a bag.
For GF, 1998 on BAH-SIN-SYD, and 1999 fleetwide.
Jump to postThanks for a lovely review. As luck would have it, I am booked to fly on the BA69 to PHL in 26K on the 787, having returned on the BA68 a few weeks ago in 26A.
Jump to postThanks for sharing what was a good review, enjoyable to read and gave a good overview of what you experienced. I have one transatlantic experience on the 757, <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / E...
Jump to postThis is getting really, really stupid now. People's ignorance and racist attitudes really do stink. I am due to be in the USA for a month next December. I am perhaps unnecessarily a little bit apprehensive being an Arab, but I have enough faith in America to hope that people whom profess such attitu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/braniff2hav" class="quote" target="_blank">braniff2hav</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That is...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pellegrine" class="quote" target="_blank">Pellegrine</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I heard fro...
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Jump to postThe problem of defeating ISIS is I cannot see a reasonable way of doing it without killing thousands of civilians. An Afghanistan/Vietnam/Iraq after removal of Saddam style war simply cannot result in a victory for anyone. As an individual born a Muslim, I do see a lot of the seeds of what could tur...
Jump to postFLOWN Jan 2015 <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> TG2066 Y A320-...
Jump to postWhen I dislocated my ankle bone and cut all ligaments in my left foot the pain was bad, but not agony. They botched the operation afterwords, however, and I was overdosed on anaesthetics. They had to resuscitate me and I wound up in hospital under observation for 5 weeks. I've never felt weaker in m...
Jump to postI was just outside here in Dundee and noticed what appeared to be a jet above, decided to check flight radar and the following aircraft are in holding patterns just north of the city. U2873 <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Aberdeen - Dyce (...
Jump to postThey are heading in the right direction because this costs them nothing. While their 'mean' image might work with the once a year flyer, if your a regular passenger you can't really bear with <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym>. Last week I flew <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI...
Jump to postWell, luckily for them they planned the formation during the Swiss Air Force's working hours!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bmacleod" class="quote" target="_blank">bmacleod</a> (<a href="#55" class="quote">Reply 55</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I also have a...
Jump to postA340-500 for everybody A340-600 for <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> B757-300 B767-400 B737-600 A318-100 <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 Saab 2000 Dornier 328 Jet Gulf Air's A340-300s were a disaster. The aircraft were unable to serve the route they were...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AA777223" class="quote" target="_blank">AA777223</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Indeed, thoug...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gordonsmall" class="quote" target="_blank">gordonsmall</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank y...
Jump to postI once asked a man whom had just acquired a BBJ747-400 to add to his already substantial fleet why he hadn't ordered an A380-800 instead.
His reply:
''My son, I don't intend to play football when I fly!!''
Priceless.
[Edited 2015-02-10 06:55:39]
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Exactly. They could...
Jump to postI would like to look at this from a non-passionate point of view. As far as the State of Kuwait is concerned, the State of Israel does not exist. If an individual attempted to board a <acronym title="Aeroflot (Russian Federation)">SU</acronym> flight on a Kosovo passport, they would almost certainly...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gordonsmall" class="quote" target="_blank">gordonsmall</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I suppo...
Jump to postThe entire procurement of the A340 aircraft was an infamous mess. <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym> were invited to France and the executives were waited on hand and foot, given jewellery and extremely expensive timepieces, etcetera, and signed the deal to open a route ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/delta777jet" class="quote" target="_blank">delta777jet</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> With al...
Jump to postThanks for the report, doing this flight in reverse in 10 days !
[Edited 2014-07-19 20:12:50]
I am amazed to see the man in this photograph wearing what appears to be the Union Flag on his uniform.
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/drugo...84155/9521232/9521232_original.jpg
I hope you had an enjoyable trip. It definitely looked nice! I really don't understand why <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym> and <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> send the A346 and B77W to Bahrain respectively. Seems rather pointless! On the other hand I h...
Jump to postAs a Dundee resident and someone who flies regularly out of the airport in general aviation aircraft, it was always only a matter of time. In the past two years alone I have travelled more than seventy times between Dundee and London. I only used the CityJet service once, in an emergency situation w...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EGCC777LR" class="quote" target="_blank">EGCC777LR</a> (<a href="#39" class="quote">Reply 39</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I believe t...
Jump to postFor the sake of nostalgia, it will be sad to see the Boeing 737-436s go. I have had many a flight on them, from when I was a wee lad when they were new up to the present day. On the other hand, my girlfriend was stuck in one of those awful middle seats that would usually have been blocked off for Cl...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/skipness1E" class="quote" target="_blank">skipness1E</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I wouldn'...
Jump to post@skipness1E
Perhaps, but the difference in travel time using a train is a negligible 15 minutes.
This is great news, and very good for <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym> as well as the whole east coast of Scotland. Being a <acronym title="Executive Airlines (USA)">OW</acronym> flyer going down to the Gulf 4-5 times a year, this also makes for very ...
Jump to postPeople may think I'm crazy, but I've generally found <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> to be a very pleasant experience. Then again save for the odd occasion I have usually transited <acronym title="Edinb...
Jump to postJust curious, what route would that ATR take on it's way from TLS to Japan?
Jump to postWhile I'd imagine there are things airlines can do to help them obtain the accolade, I flew <acronym title="Hainan Airlines (China)">HU</acronym> in J on their A346 prior to them receiving the rating and was very impressed with how things went on that flight. It was however, in 2010, so things may h...
Jump to postI was recently pondering the longest domestic flight in the UK. For the sake of this comparison I am including the United Kingdom and British Crown Dependencies- no Overseas Territories, as you need to go through passport control if you land, say in <acronym title="Gibraltar - North Front (GIB / LXG...
Jump to postThank you everyone for your advise. I just thought I'd tell you I decided on <acronym title="Aircompany Tavria-Mac (Ukraine)">BE</acronym>. I booked the New Economy tickets which made it ever so slightly more expensive than <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> but the added flexibility, etc...
Jump to postCommercial Flights Flown, 2013: BA124 <acronym title="Bahrain (Manama) - International (Muharraq) (BAH / OBBI), Bahrain">BAH</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> British Airways B772 BA1441 <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United ...
Jump to postI am planning another trip to <acronym title="Jersey (- States) (JER / EGJJ), Jersey">JER</acronym> well in advance, seeking to go in the April of 2014. I have been eying two different airlines- British Airways and Flybe. I couldn't make up my mind on which to pick, so thought to ask for your opinio...
Jump to postAs others have stated, as long as the travelling public wants the absolute rock-bottom fare for any route they wish to fly, the airlines will continue to find ways to make the Economy Class experience barer, and less comfortable. Nonetheless, flying is cheaper today than it ever has been before (whe...
Jump to postAn iconic airline. The one image that always strikes me in regards to <acronym title="Atlantic Southeast Airlines (USA)">EV</acronym> is HIM Empress Farah Pahlavi peering out of the aircraft while the aeroplane was detained in The Bahamas, carrying her and HIM Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's passport a...
Jump to postHi Luxair747SP, I am really glad you enjoyed your flight with <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym>, Bahrain Airport and Bahrain in particular. Bahrain can be a great place to spend a week or so if you have someone with you that knows the country inside out and can help you...
Jump to postThanks for a very interesting trip report.
I have always wanted to visit Israel. Just don't know how to go about it, especially with my passport.