What is Gulf Air?
{{Infobox airline | airline = Gulf Air | image = | image_size = | IATA = GF | ICAO = GFA | callsign = GULF AIR | founded = 1950 (as [[Gulf Aviation]]) | commenced = | ceased = | hubs = [[Bahrain International Airport]] | secondary_hubs = | frequent_flyer = Falconflyer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gulfair.com/enrol/about-falconflyer |title=About Falconflyer |website=Gulf Air}}</ref> | fleet_size = 36 | destinations = 49<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gulf Air on ch-aviation |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/GF |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=ch-aviation |language=en}}</ref> | parent = Gulf Air Holding B.S.C | headquarters = [[Muharraq]], Bahrain | key_people = <div> * {{nowrap|Zayed Rashid Al Zayani, [[Chairman]]}}<ref name=Gulfair>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.gulfair.com/about-gulf-air/board-of-directors|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> *{{nowrap| Captain Waleed Abdulhameed Al Alawi, [[CEO]]}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeffrey Goh - DCEO|url=https://www.gulfair.com/about-gulf-air/executive-management |publisher=Gulf Air |access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref></div> | website = [http://www.gulfair.com/ GulfAir.com] | aoc = | num_employees = }} [[File:Gulf Air waiting to be boarded.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gulf Air at Heathrow airport]] [[File:Gulf Air First class 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|First class in Gulf Air aircraft]] '''Gulf Air''' is the national Carrier of the [[Kingdom of Bahrain]]. It is a subsidiary of [[Gulf Air Group Holding company]], which also owns Bahrain Airport Company and Gulf Aviation Academy. It started in 1950. It operates the largest network in the [[Middle East]]. The airline's current announced network stretches from [[Europe]] to [[Asia]], connecting 58 places, with a fleet of 34 aircraft. == History == '''1949 - 1973: Gulf Aviation as operating company''' In the late 1940s, [[Freddie Bosworth]], a British pilot and entrepreneur, began an air taxi service to [[Doha]] and [[Dhahran]] from [[Bahrain]]. Bosworth later expanded the service and, on 24 March 1