Bahrain Air is the second flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and its main base is Bahrain International Airport. The low-cost airline currently flies to 16 destinations in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The airline plans to increase its destinations to 23 cities by 2009 and up to 25 cities by 2010.
Bahrain Air started operations on 1 February 2008. The airline uses a modern Airbus A320 fleet, with 12 seats in business and 150 in economy.
Managing director Ibrahim Al Hamer said the plan was to increase the number of destinations to 25 in the next three years.
Bahrain Air serve the following destinations (at March 2010):
Bahrain
Bahrain International Airport Base
Bangladesh
Chittagong - Shah Amanat International Airport
Dhaka - Shahjalal International Airport
Egypt
Alexandria - Alexandria International Airport
India
Kochi - Cochin International Airport
Kozhikode - Calicut International Airport
Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Iran
Mashhad - Mashhad International Airport
Iraq
Baghdad - Baghdad International Airport
Najaf - Al Najaf International Airport
Jordan
Amman - Queen Alia International Airport
Kuwait
Kuwait International Airport
Lebanon
Beirut - Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
Nepal
Kathmandu - Tribhuvan International Airport
Qatar
Doha - Doha International Airport
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International Airport
Riyadh - King Khalid International Airport
Sudan
Khartoum - Khartoum International Airport
Syria
Aleppo - Aleppo International Airport
Damascus - Damascus International Airport
Turkey
Istanbul - Ataturk International Airport [begins 10 June]
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport
Dubai - Dubai International Airport
Pakistan
Karachi - Jinnah International Airport [begins 21 June]