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Gulf Air launches free Covid insurance
Bahrain based Gulf Air is now offering complimentary Covid-19 travel insurance coverage to all ticket holders.
Cover includes health and quarantine expenses for customers who are diagnosed with Covid-19 during their journey.
It automatically covers all tickets booked, including redemption tickets, on Gulf Air flights for travel until 10 November 2021.
The policy covers repatriation assistance, medical and hospitals costs abroad as well as quarantine accommodation costs.
Gulf Air’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed AlAlawi said: "As the current global situation continues, travel needs to be simplified and enhanced with tools to make the passenger’s journey worry-free. The COVID-19 insurance coverage will provide a better experience to everyone flying with us".
Gulf Air currently operates to London, Paris, Frankfurt, Athens, Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, Dhaka, Colombo, the Maldives and destinations in India and Pakistan, as well as across the Gulf region and North Africa.
The airline is also adding Mykonos and Santorini beginning from the first week of June and restarting Istanbul this month.
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