Other Middle East and Africa Frequent Flyer Programs - Gulf Air Trip Report & 146 Photos

Hi,

I stumbled across this link below and was really surprised to find a detailed and interesting Gulf Air trip report with over 100 images, including the cabin crew training school, the First and Business lounges in Bahrain and the cabin interiors.

It makes a really good read as Gulf Air trip reports are very rare, especially in such detail and remember to click on the images to enlarge them!

Enjoy!

http://www.travelquality.com/ and then click on Travelspecials in the top right hand corner, where you'll then find 7 trip reports on various airlines including Gulf and Qatar.

P.S. Good to read about and see the very positive side of flying GF!

E3A300,
That report is quite the tour! :D
After a period of no news from GF (except through FTers here), it's positive to find this ^

Hi,

I stumbled across this link below and was really surprised to find a detailed and interesting Gulf Air trip report with over 100 images, including the cabin crew training school, the First and Business lounges in Bahrain and the cabin interiors.

It makes a really good read as Gulf Air trip reports are very rare, especially in such detail and remember to click on the images to enlarge them!

Enjoy!

http://www.travelquality.com/ and then click on Travelspecials in the top right hand corner, where you'll then find 7 trip reports on various airlines including Gulf and Qatar.

P.S. Good to read about and see the very positive side of flying GF!


There def is a positive side to GF and this article certainly highlighted the same, very well indeed. Thanks for posting the link:)

CJ

Completely OT but I often wonder why GF don't use better images on their website and more of them as potential customers shouldn’t have to rely on trip reports for product information. Information and detail is also rather lacking when compared to the competition and yet how many people head for a website as part of the decision making process!

The Bahrain lounge should be a massive selling point for GF, especially with the amount of transit passengers they are chasing but the 1 or 2 images they do have are really, really poor. The same goes for the cabin/seat information, which is also very limited but surely this area is one of the most important deciding factors for many customers, so I don’t understand why GF don’t make more of it. I think they’ve had the same menu displayed for over a year, the images of the seats don’t do them justice and I find the information a little disjointed. I think they should break the product side of the website into three distinct sections for F, J and Y, and then go to town on detailed information, extensive images, interactive flash presentations and USP’s etc.

They need to take a good look at BA's site where you can find interactive pages for both the lounges and each of the cabins, including A/V, catering etc. BA really knows how to market a product and who to target but I find the actual product/experience far less impressive than the hype, especially the dismal food. GF have won numerous top awards for catering, so I’m surprised they don’t have separate pages for F/J/C, with each respective page featuring a number of menus on display and some background on the chefs, how they compile the menu and how often these are changed etc.

I fly with a number of airlines but only for leisure and always in F or C, and I find GF's website really undersells the actual product/service they provide customers. I realise they have some older stock still operating but they should really be pushing the positives.

P.S. Not sure why but I have a bit of a soft spot for GF, which is probably because I always think they’re on the verge of making it big…..bit like Alfa Romeo….one of my other soft spots!

Completely OT but I often wonder why GF don't use better images on their website and more of them as potential customers shouldn’t have to rely on trip reports for product information. Information and detail is also rather lacking when compared to the competition and yet how many people head for a website as part of the decision making process!

The Bahrain lounge should be a massive selling point for GF, especially with the amount of transit passengers they are chasing but the 1 or 2 images they do have are really, really poor. The same goes for the cabin/seat information, which is also very limited but surely this area is one of the most important deciding factors for many customers, so I don’t understand why GF don’t make more of it. I think they’ve had the same menu displayed for over a year, the images of the seats don’t do them justice and I find the information a little disjointed. I think they should break the product side of the website into three distinct sections for F, J and Y, and then go to town on detailed information, extensive images, interactive flash presentations and USP’s etc.

They need to take a good look at BA's site where you can find interactive pages for both the lounges and each of the cabins, including A/V, catering etc. BA really knows how to market a product and who to target but I find the actual product/experience far less impressive than the hype, especially the dismal food. GF have won numerous top awards for catering, so I’m surprised they don’t have separate pages for F/J/C, with each respective page featuring a number of menus on display and some background on the chefs, how they compile the menu and how often these are changed etc.

I fly with a number of airlines but only for leisure and always in F or C, and I find GF's website really undersells the actual product/service they provide customers. I realise they have some older stock still operating but they should really be pushing the positives.

P.S. Not sure why but I have a bit of a soft spot for GF, which is probably because I always think they’re on the verge of making it big…..bit like Alfa Romeo….one of my other soft spots!


I'd have to agree with most of that.
One point to remember with regard to website, GF recently appointed a senior IT Boss who defected from EK..I have no doubts he is diligently sitting in BAH working on a better website.
Also, with only one of the 4 A340's completed officially, with regard to refurb perhaps is why GF is holding off on updating website and seating guide. They only updated A330 website seating guide when all of them had been refurbed.

Royal Brunei payed dearly for extensively advertsing its new 763 refurbs only to have the refurbed aircraft utilised inconsistantly out of Sydney. Passengers became extremely upset upon boarding thinking they were geting new AC. Things have settled now somewhat with most, if not all, of their 767's refurbed.

Enjoy CJ :)