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Bahrain Air
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
2B
BAB
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Bahrain AIR

Bahrain Air Airbus A319-111
Bahrain Air
Mohamed Centre
Building 151, Road 44
243 Arad
BAHRAIN
Tel.: +973 17 670 667
Fax: +973 17 500 024
SITA:
Email:
Website: www.bahrainair.net
Type: Scheduled, international, regional, domestic, pax
Owner: Bahrain and Saudi Arabian investors (100%)
Base: Bahrain International (BAH)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: February 2008
Bahrain Air operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 1 x Airbus A319-111
  • 2 x Airbus A320-212
Chairman: Mohamed Bin Abdulla Alkahalifa
Managing Director: Ibrahim Abdulla Alhamer
Chief Operating Officer: Ahmed Mohamed Yaqubi
Directgor Commercial Operations: Richard Nuttall
Director Corporate Planning: B K Majmudar
Director Technical: Abdulmoeen Mohamed Albastaki
Senior Manager Pricing & Capacity Control: Raju Pillai
Senior Manager Flight Operations: Suhail Abdulhameed Ismaeel
Cabin Crew Manager: Hussain ahmed Aljawder
IT Support Manager: Jamal Mohamed Alghawi
Standards & QA Manager: Lindsay Fenwick
Marketing Manager: Ali Zaman
Ground Operations Manager: Naser Abdelaziz Isa

Manufacturer Type
Current
Active
Current
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-out
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Current
or
Planned
Historical
Total
all times
Avg Age
Active
Airbus
A330-300
        1 1 -
Airbus
A319-100
2       2   2 5.8 years
Airbus
A320-200
3       3 6 9 2.0 years
 
 TOTAL:
5       5 7 12 3.5 years

Bahrain Air is the second flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and its main base is Bahrain International Airport. The low-cost airline currently flies to 16 destinations in the Middle East, Africa and India. The airline plans to increase its destinations to 23 cities by 2009 and up to 25 cities by 2010.
Bahrain Air started operations on 1 February 2008. The airline uses a modern Airbus A320 fleet, with 12 seats in business and 150 in economy.

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