Thiruvananthapuram, March 18:
Bahrain Air has announced four flights a week to Thiruvananthapuram with plans to increase it to seven by the summer.
Mr Richard Nuttall, Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Air, made the announcement here on Friday.
Kerala will now constitute 80 per cent of Bahrain Air India's capacity, with 17 flights a week to Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.
Flights will depart from Bahrain at 9.25 p.m. and arrive at the Thiruvananthapuram International airport at 4.15 a.m.
The return flight will depart Thiruvananthapuram at 5.00 a.m. and arrive at the Bahrain International Airport at 7.30 a.m.
Flights have been scheduled for onward connection to other Gulf and Levant destinations, Mr Nuttall said.
Indian subcontinent remains a key focus area for Bahrain Air and Kerala continues to be a focal destination for the airline. At present there are about 3.5 lakh Keralite emigrants in Bahrain and another four lakh in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
"We are committed to develop Bahrain Air as a regional carrier within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Indian Subcontinent and Levant regions.
"We are positive towards the future and, traffic rights permitting, we will increase flights to India as we take more aircraft from next year," Mr Nuttall said.
Bahrain Air is a value for money regional carrier. It offers premium and economy class services on modern Airbus 319 and 320 aircraft.
It serves complimentary meals and passengers have standard baggage allowances of 20 kg for economy and 30 kg for premium.
The airline also offers extra baggage allowances at 15 Bahraini Dinar (Rs 2,000) for extra 10 kg, which is very popular with passengers returning from the GCC.
Bahrain Air also has a special section in its in-flight magazine in Malayalam to reflect the important of the region to Bahrain Air.
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