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Gulf Air Takes Delivery of First Retrofitted A330 Aircraft

Travel News Asia Videos Podcasts Latest Travel News Asia Wednesday, 23 July 2014
 

Bahrains Gulf Air has taken delivery of its first retrofitted A330 aircraft.

The plane features 214 seats in a two-class configuration of 30 Falcon Gold Class and 184 Economy seats.

The revamped A330 product introduces fully-flat bed seats to the airlines Falcon Gold Class, upgraded seats in Economy Class and a state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system throughout.

Realised by three key partners: Avianor, Zodiac Aerospace and BE, the aircrafts new Falcon Gold seats convert into fully-flat beds measuring 1.90 meters in length. The Falcon Gold seats offer more personal space between seats than the airlines previous A330 business class product, allowing passengers to sit back and relax in a 22-inch wide armchair that converts easily into the passengers desired position. The new Economy Class seats offer passengers the very latest in comfort: a greater recline to compliment an 18-inch seat-width and an adjustable head and foot rest that allows greater passenger relaxation.

All seats in Gulf Airs upgraded A330 aircraft include an integrated Audio-Video on Demand (AVOD) feature, an individual touch screen (15-inch in Falcon Gold class and 9-inch in Economy) in every seat and headphones. A suite of movies, video and audio titles in several languages are on offer, in addition to games.

A USB port is available in every seat to allow passengers to easily charge most electronic devices.

Acting Chief Executive Officer Mr. Maher Salman Al Musallam, said, This is an important milestone for Gulf Air as we continue to shape our new strategic direction, which sees us strive to transform and revitalize all facets of the national carriers operations while offering the best in class product. Today, we are delivering on our commitment to continually upgrade our product offering strengthening our long haul operations with our retrofitted aircraft in line with developments that saw us, in 2012, receive our newest narrow body aircraft (A321 and A320ER). Passengers travelling on our upgraded A330 aircraft, in both classes, will now have a more relaxing and enjoyable experience. This overhaul of our wide-body fleet demonstrates our ongoing commitment to offer superior products and services to our passengers and we look forward to receiving their valued feedback.

Gulf Airs second retrofitted A330 is scheduled to arrive in early August while the carriers A330 fleet retrofit is scheduled to be completed by the last quarter of 2014.

Gulf Airs A330  aircraft are used primarily on London and Bangkok routes.

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