Gulf Air and KLM Royal Dutch in codeshare partnership

Gulf Air, the national airline of Bahrain, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare partnership, for travel commencing from 27 October 2019. The announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two airlines and will further strengthen the strong ties between Bahrain and the Netherlands.

Gulf Air will place its GF code on KLM flights from Bahrain to Amsterdam and flights from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. On the other hand, the agreement will see KLM place its KL code on Gulf Air flights from Bahrain to Sialkot, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

Vincent Coste, chief commercial officer of Gulf Air said: “With this important commercial agreement, we are offering our passengers a connection to Amsterdam using a Gulf Air ticket.”

Bruce Dönszelmann, vice president of alliances at KLM said: “With this, we strengthen our network in the Middle East, which is a strong market for both business and leisure customers.”