Bahrain Air Still Constrained As It Seeks To Spread Its Wings
Airbus A320 operator Bahrain Air wants to increase the size of its fleet from four to nine aircraft over the next three or four years.
Airbus A320 operator Bahrain Air wants to increase the size of its fleet from four to nine aircraft over the next three or four years.

Bahrain Air got started close to the onset of the global economic slowdown and has found it hard to escape its grip. Incorporated in 2007 and operating its first flight in February 2008, the carrier has struggled to thrive in the cut-throat arena of the Arabian Gulf’s air transport market. Its passenger count rose in 2010 to 720,000, but, given the acuteness of a second downturn and Bahrain’s political crisis, fell in 2011 to 640,000 and appears unlikely to grow this year.