Bahrain Air to take delivery of planes

28 May 2009

Bahrain Air managing director Ibrahim Al-Hamer has said that the airline is expecting to expand its fleet to nine Airbus aircraft within the next five months. The carrier will introduce its sixth Airbus A320 aircraft on May 29, with the seventh and eight aircraft arriving by the end of June. The ninth is scheduled for delivery in October. Bahrain Air is to expand its network to include Istanbul and Mumbai by July, and Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Karachi, Lahore and Riyadh from October.

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