(31 Oct 2021)
Gulf Air and EL AL Airlines have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) during an official visit from the Kingdom
of Bahrain to the State of Israel.
The MOU follows the recent announcement of peace
between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Israel, as well as
the announcement that Gulf Air will launch two direct flights per
week between Manama and Tel Aviv, starting 7 January 2021 and
subject to government approvals.
H.E. Mr. Zayed R.
Alzayani, Chairman of Gulf Air’s Board of Directors, said, “As the
national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain we take great pride in
supporting our leadership and Kingdom in their role of preserving
peace and prosperity in the region. We hope this is merely the
beginning of developing further aviation opportunities and look
forward to work with our friends and colleagues at EL AL and
support each other to achieve bigger goals. We trust this new
route will promote traffic providing commercial and social gains
for both countries, while paving the path for numerous connections
to the rest of our networks via the two destinations.”
The comprehensive MOU sets the foundation to
discuss potential joint codeshare operations between Manama and
Tel Aviv, as well as beyond the two
carriers’ hubs. It also paves the way for greater commercial
cooperation in the fields of loyalty, cargo, engineering and travel
solutions that can benefit the two airlines and their
customers.
Mr. David Brodet, Chairman of EL AL Airlines’
Board of Directors, said, “The opportunity to explore a
potential cooperation with Gulf Air is a direct result of the
changes taking place in the region. We at EL AL look forward to
seeing how we can offer our passengers new and exciting options -
it goes well beyond just the flights but with expanding in the
areas of cargo, maintenance and travel technology with EL AL's
Cockpit innovation hub. I welcome H.E. Mr. Alzayani to Israel and
look forward to visiting Bahrain in the future.”
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