Gulf Air announced the appointment of the Croatian Kresimir Kucko as the chief executive officer of the airline starting November 12, 2017.

The tender board opened its meeting yesterday on Thursday (October 5, 2017) with 82 bids for 14 tenders submitted by 12 government agencies. The total value of bids received was 2.8 million dinars.

Gulf Air Board of Directors announced the appointment of Captain Waleed Abdul Hameed Al-Alawi, as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gulf Air, announced that its Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Maher Salman Al Musallam.

A bust-up between Arab powers has dealt a blow to supercarriers already hurt by low oil prices and laptop bans, exposing the sensitivity of Gulf hubs to regional uncertainty and creating openings for rival airlines - at least in the short term.

Air travel across the Gulf region and beyond faces major disruption following the move by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to sever ties with Qatar, accusing the tiny oil rich state of supporting terrorism.

Gulf Air said that one of its planes heading to Riyadh had to divert to Bahrain due to inclement weather conditions and severe turbulence.

Bahrain's Gulf Air said on Friday that one of its aircraft suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off from the Philippines

The Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee of the Bahraini parliament agreed upon a proposal to have the government establish a security apparatus, whose duty is to protect the airplanes of Gulf Air from hijacking and terrorist acts.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has ordered 19 new Airbus aircraft and upgraded a 16-aircraft Boeing order on Thursday, pushing ahead with plans to renew its fleet.

Bahrain Mirror: Gulf Air, the official carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, denied stopping the company’s flights to Iran following the withdrawal of the Bahraini ambassador to Tehran.

Bahrain Mirror: Gulf Air”, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, said that its annual losses declined to 32.8% in 2014.

AFP: Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air is planning to buy up to 50 Airbus aircraft, the country's Information Minister Isa Abdulrahman Al Hammadi told AFP Tuesday.