Gulf Air and Thai Airways expand codeshare deal

MANAMA: National carrier Gulf Air and Thai Airways International have signed an expansion to the existing codeshare agreement, effective from October 28 this year.

The expanded codeshare agreement will extend travel opportunities for Gulf Air passengers to fly beyond Bangkok on Thai Airways to Hong Kong with immediate effect and to Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne in the coming months and broaden the commercial partnership between the two companies.

Gulf Air chief executive Krešimir Kucko said: “Our passengers can now have greater choice, convenience and a seamless travel experience from Bangkok to local Thai destinations as well as international destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. Gulf Air looks forward to growing the broader bilateral relationship with Thai.”

Thai Airways president Sumeth Damrongchaitham said: “The codeshare agreement between Thai and Gulf Air will increase our capacity through the route network and sales, as well as to make travel convenient for passengers travelling between Thailand and Bahrain in addition to the Middle East. The codeshare expansion provides more opportunities for Thai passengers to travel to Bahrain and Middle East on Gulf Air. On the other hand, it also makes more traffic volume from the Middle East to Asia and Australia by Thai. This co-operation will strengthen a good long-standing relationship between both airlines.”

Starting this month, Gulf Air will operate its latest fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on the Bahrain-Bangkok route.

Source: http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/428844