Gulf Air A330-200 at Riyadh

[am1966ath]

Gulf air had hubs at Abu Dhabi and Muscat before the emirs there decided to create their own flag-carriers. Gulfair is a godd airline that could be much better.

[hmasurg]

@am1966ath GF is a bit weird. In the 70's it was fantastic but now they are not committed to high quality service to compete with the ME3 although they can as they have good connection times. Currently their prices are slightly cheaper than the competitors but also is the service.

[am1966ath]

@hmasurg Very weird airline, but in the 1970S they were dominating the Gulf with 3hubs,Bahrain,Abu Dhabi and Muscat..todays competition from Emirates alone is formidable..the decline of GF also shows on Bahrain, its a 1970S sort of place,,you feel that the growth is elsewhere.

[hmasurg]

@am1966ath GF really wshould get its service persona back as in the 70's, it is a shame to see this striking livery go to waste, Bahrain may not be growing as fast as others in the gulf but I feel there is movement forward as it is now marketing itself as "Business Friendly Bahrain". I feel that VERY soon BAH will not be big enough to accommodate the need as it is growing as a connection hub fast. The problem is, where can they expand- Muharrag island is already full!

[am1966ath]

@hmasurg Yes but Gulfair keeps leasing new aircrafts which it then returns, Bahrain airport is old, GF service is falling when many other carriers around it are superb. I walked around downtown Bahrain and I understand that its a banking-centre(islamic banking) and a retail sector/souk dominated by indians but I found none of the dynamism of Dubai. GF strenght is more and more their lower prices.

[truly0phinoy]

Haha. I Remembered.. Gate 15 was also the gate of Cathay Pacific when we went for vacation to the Philippines. :D but it was at night. and gulf air was at gate 14. :D

[hmasurg]

@truly0phinoy Yeah that sounds accurate. 2 weeks ago I arrived on GF A343 which parked at 14 while next to us at 15 was CX's A333 ready for departure to HKG via BAH.

[truly0phinoy]

@hmasurg Haha. That was CX742, and the other times of the day its CX 733 which leaves for HKG at 11pm, but no stop in BAH.

[truly0phinoy]

Nice One! Do you livve here in Riyadh?

[hmasurg]

@truly0phinoy Yes I do. Thanks for your comment :-)

[truly0phinoy]

@hmasurg and you have vids in manila also.. you live there also? or just visit?

[truly0phinoy]

@hmasurg Anywways. do the A330-200 of Gulf Air have PTVs?

[amkhan1]

love it 2

[matthiashaenni]

NICE!!!

[hmasurg]

@matthiashaenni I'm glad you think so.. Stay tuned :-)

[hmasurg]

@matthiashaenni Great to hear :-)

[Flyingway1]

Very nice shot !

[hmasurg]

@Flyingway1 Thanks for you comment - Stay tuned for more :-)

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love flying?

(2) Why do we like to be at the airport?

(3) Why do we enjoy to watch the servicing vehicles prepare the aeroplane for next flight?

(4) Why do we feel that airport service vehicle are so special and funny?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstorm!!! :)

P.S, Whenever I go to the airport and travel by air, I must take some time to watch those servicing vehicles running around.

[747johan]

Cool!

[hmasurg]

@747johan Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[elferen1]

Nice man :)

[hmasurg]

@elferen1 Nice to hear from you again Martijn, thanks for watching and commenting, I hope I fly into AMS soon so I can film some blue airplanes :-)

ALL THE BEST FOR HOLLAND TODAY AGAINST DENMARK!!

[liberalinajd]

I believe I've been on this baby several times .

Gulf air is a nice airline with reasonable ticket fares and good service.

great vid as usual !

[hmasurg]

@liberalinajd Thanks man! Service is good but not on inter GCC flight specially to and from KSA - but still better than SV lol. Otherwise teh A330 of GF is a great looking aircraft. Thanks for watching - Stay tuned!

[Saguaro24]

nice video and music

[hmasurg]

@Saguaro24 thanks I'm glad yo liked it :-) stay tuned :-)

[Starboard76]

Nicely shot, hmasurg...thanks again for posting!

[hmasurg]

@Starboard76 Thanks for that, I hope you continue enjoying these :-)

[Starboard76]

@hmasurg I certainly will..are you going to be doing more of these exotic destination (smooth takeoff/landing) series? If so, I want to add you to my subscribe list.

[hmasurg]

@Starboard76 That would be the plan, as you know it's not easy to film in these parts.

[Starboard76]

@hmasurg yes, exactly why I think it's so cool that you are out there on a limb getting these rare shots!

[hmasurg]

@Starboard76 Makes it all worth while.Stay tuned. Did you check my other videos in Doha, Riyadh, Bahrain and Dubai?

[Starboard76]

@hmasurg I sure as heck did! Just really awesome stuff and am staying tuned for more!

[applesweeter]

the golden colour of the aeroplane is nice.

[hmasurg]

@applesweeter Agreed!