Gulf Air jets into Joburg

Gulf Air is to resume flights to Johannesburg after an eight year absence.

The airline is to start three flights a week from Bahrain on December 2. The schedule has been timed to connect with a newly launched service between Dublin and Bahrain.

The South Africa route will be flown by Airbus A330s which have been refurbished this summer. Johannesburg becomes the airline’s 46th destination.

Report by Phil Davies