Gulf Air has reassured passengers that all its scheduled flights should be back to normal by April 6, upon completion of maintenance checks on some of its fleet.
All of the carrier’s Boeing 767 jets were grounded last month when traces of corrosion were found on one of these aircraft.
Although the move was not obligatory, Gulf Air chose to ground all of its B767 jets and perform maintenance checks, causing some disruption for passengers.
“We trimmed a couple of flights from some of our routes,” said Lee Shave, vice president marketing and sales, Gulf Air. “We reduced the Athens route and others with less demand – so for example, some of the routes that have four flights a week were reduced to three.”
The carrier rescheduled the remainder of the fleet to minimise passenger disruption, but acknowledged in a press release that there “may be some significant delays to schedules while aircraft are re-positioned within the network”.
Worst hit were routes where the B767s operate, including destinations in the Indian Subcontinent and the Far East.
All passengers affected by the disruption were offered seats on other flights or alternative transport arrangements with other airlines.
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