Gulf Air Signs Codeshare Agreements with German and French National Railways
All that passengers need to do is to buy one combined Gulf Air/TGV ticket that allows them to fly with Gulf Air to Frankfurt International Airport and Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris and travel to and from any of the 13 destinations on the railway’s vast network in Germany, and 19 cities across France.
The 19 stations in France included under the agreement include Avignon, Brussels, Angers, Bordeaux, Reims, Lille Europe, Le Mans, Marseille, Metz, Lyon Part Dieu, Montpelier, Nantes, Poitiers, Nimes, Rennes, Tours, Strasbourg, Valence and Toulon.
The 13 stations in the Germany agreement are Brussels, Berlin, Berlin Schonefeld, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Bonn, Halle, Munich, and Stuttgart. The Gulf Air and SNCF – and Railway Germany codeshares also allow the airline and travel agents around the world to market these cities to all their customers.
Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Karim Makhlouf said “The agreements are another example of our continuous efforts in making our customers’ journey experience more comfortable and enjoyable.
France and Germany are premium markets for Gulf Air and these codeshare agreements with SNCF and Railway Germany will further strengthen our presence in these countries and enable us to serve even more efficiently to our substantial passenger segment that travels to France and Germany.”
“As the national carrier we are confident this will also result in further strengthening Bahrain-France-German business ties and encourage more leisure tourism traffic between the countries.” Mr. Makhlouf concluded.
From 1 July, Gulf Air will operate 11 weekly flights in two split schedules giving customers convenient options to travel to and from Frankfurt. On Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, the flight will depart Bahrain at 10:00 to reach Frankfurt at 12:20, providing convenient connectivity to GCC destinations, the Indian Subcontinent and Africa in less than three hours.
The increase in frequency also provides excellent connectivity to Frankfurt (via Bahrain) for passengers travelling from Lahore, Addis Ababa, Islamabad, Karachi, Chennai, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kochi and Mumbai. From 2 July, Gulf Air will operate 10 weekly flights in two split schedules giving customers convenient options to travel to and from Paris. Additional flights on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will be departing Bahrain at 09:35 to reach Paris by 15:20.
The increase in frequency also provides excellent connectivity to Paris for passengers travelling from Addis Ababa, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Chennai, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kochi and Mumbai (via Bahrain).
Gulf Air is operating an Airbus A330 to Paris and Frankfurt, which will be upgraded to an Airbus A320ER from 01 July offering 14 seats in Falcon Gold class and 96 in Economy and cargo capacity to carry two tons of freight.
