Bahrain Air () was an airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, headquartered in the Mohamed Centre in Muharraq."Contact Us ." Bahrain Air. Retrieved on 22 June 2010."HQ Map ." (image ) Bahrain Air. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. Its main base was Bahrain International Airport. The airline flew to 16 destinations in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. In earlier statements the airline planned to increase its destinations to 23 cities by 2009 and up to 25 cities by 2010. Prior to its voluntary liquidation in 2013, Bahrain Air flew to 17 destinations (flights to Alexandria were seasonal).Destinations Bahrain Air In 2012, the airline complained via local media about the measures undertaken by the Minister of Transportation, also the competing airline Gulf Air's head of restructuring committee when the airline's route schedule and frequencies were reduced by up to 30% without prior notice. The airline, having sought every route possible to overcome the Minister's act of conflict of interest, declared bankruptcy on 12 February 2013. The airline had complained of conflict of interest.
Bahrain Air had started operations on 1 February 2008 as a low-cost airline but changed its operating model to full service by early 2010. The airline was headed in the UAE by its Country Manager, Rashid Al Moosa and by its UAE-Sales & Marketing Nicky Bijlaney The inaugural flight occurred on 3 February 2008, from Bahrain to Dubai. The airline used a new Airbus A320 fleet, with 12 seats in business and 150 in economy. The airline had its own in-flight magazine, called Reesha.Bahrain Air Introduces in-flight magazine Bahrainair.net Bahrain Air was one of the few airlines which did not serve alcoholic beverages on its flights.
Destinations Bahrain Air used to serve the following destinations (as of December 2012): CountryCityAirportNotesBangladesh ChittagongShah Amanat International Airport DhakaShahjalal International AirportBahrain BahrainBahrain International AirportEgypt AlexandriaBorg El Arab AirportEthiopia Addis AbabaBole International AirportIndia KochiCochin International Airport KozhikodeCalicut International Airport MumbaiChatrapati Shivaji International Airport TrivandrumTrivandrum International AirportIraq BaghdadBaghdad International Airport NajafAl Najaf International AirportIran MashhadMashhad International AirportJordan AmmanQueen Alia International AirportKuwait Kuwait CityKuwait International AirportLebanon BeirutRafic Hariri International AirportNepal KathmanduTribhuvan International AirportQatar DohaDoha International AirportSaudi Arabia DammamKing Fahd International Airport JeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport RiyadhKing Khalid International AirportSudan KhartoumKhartoum International AirportSyria DamascusDamascus International AirportTurkey IstanbulSabiha Gökçen International AirportUnited Arab Emirates DubaiDubai International Airport
Fleet
As of December 2012, the Bahrain Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft, with an average age of 4.5 years:
+ Bahrain Air fleet Aircraft In Service Orders PassengersJYTotalAirbus A3192012120126Airbus A320-2002012150162Total40
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