Gulf Traveller

Gulf Traveller was a tri-national airline that served as the all-economy full service subsidiary of Gulf Air. Its main bases were Abu Dhabi International Airport, Bahrain International Airport, and Seeb International Airport.^[1]

Like its parent company, it was owned by three countries and became a dual-flag carrier after Abu Dhabi pulled out of the Gulf Air consortium in 2005. Gulf Traveller dissolved in May 2007 when Oman ended ownership of Gulf Air.

Gulf Traveller was founded on 1 June 2003 as part of the Gulf Air three year restructuring and turnaround programme instigated by James Hogan. The model behind Gulf Air was to economise on routes with little demand for First or Business Class passengers. Gulf Traveller's inaugural flight between Abu Dhabi and Jeddah took place on 15 June 2003.

Gulf Traveller planned to add Birmingham, United Kingdom, to its list of destinations in 2004, however, the project was put on hold for the foreseeable future in 2005, and then eventually scrapped.

Gulf Traveller operated to the following;

Bahrain (hub)

Bangladesh - Dhaka

India - Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram

Indonesia - Jakarta

Jordan - Amman

Kenya - Nairobi

  Nepal - Kathmandu

Oman - Muscat (hub)

Pakistan - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar

Saudi Arabia - Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi (hub; closed in 2005)

United Arab Emirates - Dubai

The Gulf Traveller Fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of March 2007):^[1]

• 6 Boeing 767-3P6ER