Gulf Air launches services to Entebbe, Juba and Rome

update (09 Feb 2012): The Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air suspends Entebbe flights from 21 Feb 2012 [more]

The Kingdom of 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.
Flights to Rome will begin from 30 November 2011 (four flights per week), while flights to Entebbe will begin from 05 December 2012 (four flights per week) and to Juba from 07 February 2012 (three flights per week).

Inclunding the three new destinations, Gulf Air operates scheduled services to 49 destinations in 30 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe. It has extensive codeshare agreements with other airlines and special partnerships with Jet Airways and Oman Air's Frequent Flyer Programmes.