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Gulf Air Cargo-on-Wheels extends to the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Travel News Asia Thursday, 20 July 2006

Gulf Air Cargo has started new road feeder services (RFS) from Muscat to Dubai/Abu Dhabi and, from Bahrain to Dammam.

The service from Muscat is daily, whilst that from Bahrain operates six days a week, excluding Fridays and public holidays. The services offer customers an additional capacity of more than 8,000 kgs per truck on these routes, in addition to the capacity available in the numerous flights from Muscat to the UAE and Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.

"We introduced this additional service to bolster our already well-established cargo market between Oman and the UAE and the Kingdom of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia," said Gulf Air Head of Cargo Des Vertannes.

The RFS from Muscat is available for all consignments, including charge collect (CC) cargo and, all general cargo is accepted except perishables, HUM, valuables, dangerous goods and live animals. From Bahrain, the service is available for pre-paid cargo only.

With over 1,000 flights to and from its two hubs Muscat and Bahrain, the dedicated trucking services further extend the already extensive network within the Middle East.

The trucking service from Muscat and the UAE operates at convenient timings leaving Muscat at 1000 (local), arriving in Dubai at 1600 (local) and Abu Dhabi at 1800 (local).

The service from Bahrain to Dammam departs at 0730 arriving in Dammam at 1130 (all in local time).

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