Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air announced the launch of services to three more new destinations - Rome, the Italian capital, Entebbe, the hub of Uganda's commercial sector and Juba, the capital of newly independent country, South Sudan. Services to Rome will begin from Nov. 30 - with four flights per week, Entebbe on Dec. 5, with four weekly flights and to Juba from Feb. 7, 2012 with three flights per week. Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Samer Majali said “the launch of services to these new destinations demonstrates once again Gulf Air's long-term strategy to connect Bahrain and the region with new and unexplored markets having sound business potential. It is one more example of our pioneering tradition, establishing our leadership position to gain commercial advantage in new markets.” At a press conference held in Dubai, UAE, Gulf Air Chief Commercial Officer Karim Makhlouf said “by resuming services to Rome, we are expanding our Italian operations after Milan, which we launched in March this year that has proved to be very successful. Now with the addition of Rome, we are connecting Northern and South Central parts of Italy to the Middle East.” Gulf Air will be operating four flights week to Rome using an A320. He further said “the commencement of our services to Entebbe and Juba firmly establishes our renewed focus in the emerging markets of the African continent, where we see a huge potential.” Gulf Air will operate four flights per week to Entebbe with an A320. “As the Middle East's largest network carrier, we are well positioned to connect these three countries to the vast MENA, Far East and Indian subcontinent markets.”
