Later this year Gulf Air will be adding its code on several Malaysian Airlines' domestic and international network, providing customers more and better connections to destinations in South East Asia.
"Malaysia is a very popular destination among Arabs, which has been witnessing a steady growth of tourist inflow year after year," says Malaysia Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Idris Jala.
With a whole range of celebrations planned to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Malaysia's nationhood, tourist arrival from the GCC countries will see a significant jump in 2007.
Gulf Air has been flying to Kuala Lumpur for many years and its holiday division, Gulf Air Holidays, has been offering travellers fantastic, value-for-money holiday packages.
Gulf Air already has code-sharing agreements with American Airlines, Thai Airways, BMI, Cyprus Airways, Egyptair, Philippine Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, KLM, Olympic Airlines, Oman Air, Qantas Airways, Royal Jordanian, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Middle East Airlines.
