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Gulf Air takes off for good
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer
April 19, 2007
FINDING a flight to Europe over the northern summer peak season will prove more difficult with the announcement by Gulf Air that it will no longer fly to Australia.
Bahrain-based Gulf, which joins the exodus from Australia led by European airlines, will scrap its flights from Sydney from July 1.
The airline, until recently headed by Australian expatriate James Hogan, says the decision is necessary if it is to survive. It is losing more than $US1 million ($1.2 million) a day. The tough cost-cutting program includes axing flights to Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg and Dublin.
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Steve Creedy, Aviation writer
April 19, 2007
FINDING a flight to Europe over the northern summer peak season will prove more difficult with the announcement by Gulf Air that it will no longer fly to Australia.
Bahrain-based Gulf, which joins the exodus from Australia led by European airlines, will scrap its flights from Sydney from July 1.
The airline, until recently headed by Australian expatriate James Hogan, says the decision is necessary if it is to survive. It is losing more than $US1 million ($1.2 million) a day. The tough cost-cutting program includes axing flights to Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg and Dublin.
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