Gulf Air buys eight 787s from Boeing

EXPANSION PLAN: Gulf Air has ordered eight 787s to add to its fleet.

Gulf Air has signed a major deal to buy eight more Boeing 787 Dreamliners, it was announced on Thursday.

The agreement was sealed with the Bahrain airline during a visit to the US planemaker's Seattle plant by Crown Prince Economic Development Board (EDB) chairman Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

The deal will take the number of 787s on order by Gulf Air to 24.

The Crown Prince told Gulf Daily News that the upgrading of the Gulf Air fleet was an important strategy towards enhancing the status of the company.

In July, Gulf Air received two Airbus A321-200 aircraft from Dublin-based Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company.

Gulf Air also announced it had signed a three year, $14 million deal to be the sponsor of Queens Park Rangers (QPR), a club currently in the Coca-Cola Championship, the second tier of the English league system.

Print | Email | Discuss this article

| Share |

READERS' COMMENTS

Gulf Air combats Toxic Air Syndrome
Posted by skyobserver, London, UK on Thursday 4 September 2008 at 09:57 UAE time

With GF's decision to buy B787 aircraft they have mad a concious decision to assist the move to combat Toxic Air Syndrome in aircraft. All other jets in the air today use 'old' bleed air technology to compress air for the cabins by extracting air from the side of the engines and feeding it in to the airconditioning packs. 'Bleed air' is often contaminated with toxins from the engine oils used.

Good on Gulf Air ! Shame the B787 has not flown yet !

Click here to post a comment

Add your Comment All posts are sent to the administrator for review and are published only after approval. ArabianBusiness.com reserves the right to remove any comment at any time for any reason. Please keep your responses appropriate and on topic. Arabian Business would like to point out that only comments relevant to the story will be published. Any containing personal insults or inappropriate language will not be approved.
Name *
Remember me on this computer
Email *	(Your email address will not be published)
City
Country
Subject *
Comment *
Notify me of further comments
Enter the words above *
Please click post only once - your comment will not be published immediately.

MORE FROM ARABIANBUSINESS.COM