The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications announced the closure of Bahrain airport runway for air safety reasons for about an hour on Tuesday (August 13, 2019) night, due to an oil leak from a plane. A number of flights were diverted to Dammam Airport as a result.

Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal Ahmed said that Bahrain decided to bar Boeing 737 MAX from using Bahrain International Airport or flying in the Kingdom's airspace.

The Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, announced a reverse auction for the appointment of a consulting firm to construct the first stage of the Bahrain metro network, following the conclusion of the feasibility study.

Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed stated that the Ministry will take all needed measures to not enforce the added value tax (VAT) on local and international exempted transport services.

The National Audit Office report criticized the inaccuracy and non-objectivity in implementation of some of the projects of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the follow-up reports of the Government's Programme action for the years 2015-2018 and their incompatibility with the data contained in the budget implementation in the same reports.

The National Audit Office report for the years 2016-2017 said the Bahraini Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication recorded a 55% decrease in the percentage of expenditure which equals to 370,804 out of the actual budget that amounts to 60,748,789.

The Al-Ayam local newspaper reported from what it described as a well-informed source that the government intends to change the postal sector in the ministry of transportation and telecommunications into a profit-making association, adding that the provided postal services will be based on the principle of full profitability instead of symbolic fees.

Tech. website Biometric Update, said that Bahrain�s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has selected Thales and SITA to provide the security and operations management system for Bahrain International Airport.

An official source said that Bahrain�s APM Terminals company will soon raise the fees on services it offers at Khalifa bin Salman Port, starting May 2017.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Minister of Transportation and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Gulf Air, Kamal Ahmad said that the company made deals to buy 45 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft, for USD 7.6 billion.

Bahrain Mirror: The Civil Aviation Authority at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications announced on Wednesday (January 6, 2016) that all flights to and from Iran have been suspended.