Bahrain Flights
Bahrain international airport is called
Bahrain International. The airport could handle more
than 100,000 passengers a week. The airport is situated on
Al Muharraq Island, a 15-minute drive from the center of
capital, Manama. There are about 50 nonstop long-distance
flights per week that depart from Bahrain International.
More than 300 regional flights are operated from Bahrain
International every week. While you depart from Bahrain
taking an outward flight, Bahrain International levies a
3.00 Dinar Airport Tax. Passengers from incoming flights
need not pay any tax. However, they would have to pay
customs duty on all items, except those that are intended
for personal use.
Bahrain is the financial hub of the Arabic Middle East.
Bahrain conducts several trade exhibitions and business
conferences, attracting business
people from all over the world. As such, Bahrain is well
connected by flights from several countries. Further,
because oil is the mainstay of the economy, large number of
Asian immigrants work in Bahrain. Due to this, flights to
Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
and the Philippines had seen a quantum jump in the last few
decades. Planned promotion of
tourism by the country, with pearl diving, scuba diving,
fishing expeditions, water-sports, etc., being part of
leisure activities, had also resulted in an increase in
flights to Bahrain.
More than 25 international airlines operate flights
to Bahrain. They are Gulf Air, Qatar Airways, British
Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways,
Air Arabia, Zazeera Airways, Lufthansa German Airlines, KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, MVL, Kuwait
Airways, Indian, Oman Air, Air India, Saudi Arabian
Airlines, Iran Aseman Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Iran Air,
Yemenia Yemen Airways, Jordan Aviation Airlines, Cyprus
Airways, Pakistan International Air, and Royal Jordanian.
The list clearly indicates how Bahrain is well connected to
several nations with flight services.
Most of these airlines offer cheap flight fares and
last minute flight tickets to Bahrain, which are quite
competitive and cost effective. Both single and round-trip
flights are offered. In addition, they also provide standard
economy flight and luxury flight options. A typical
round-trip flight charge from Portland, Oregon and back to
Bahrain costs $1,422, if the flight is booked about 15 days
in advance. Similarly, a flight from Heathrow, London to
Bahrain costs around 240 pounds, including all taxes and
fees. Both British Airways and Gulf Air are operating daily
flights from and to Bahrain from Heathrow Airport, London.
Flight time is about 7 hours.
Last month, Bahrain International revealed that flights to
Bahrain would increase shortly, with more international
airlines introducing new flight schedules. Ethiopian
Airlines, Tunis Air, and Air India would launch new flight
operations to Bahrain. Lufthansa would increase the flight
frequency from 3 to 4 a week. The Bahrain airport press
release stated that 36 airlines were operating charter
flights and cargo carriers. Etihad Airways and Air Arabia
plan to increase the flights from 10 to 14, while Al Zazeera
Airways would rise its flights from 5 to 12. The Bahrain
airport handled about 7 million passengers last year from
all the flights and plans to handle 8 million passengers
from the increased number of flights this year.