Direct flights with Gulf Air (GF) - Find any nonstop route

Gulf Air was founded in 1950, making it one of the oldest airlines in the Middle East. It is the flag carrier and national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain and operates from the main airport in the country - Bahrain International Airport (BAH).

Gulf Air serves destinations in more than 25 countries. This includes most countries in the Middle East, several in Europe and Asia, and a few in Africa.

To browse through the more than 50 unique routes that Gulf Air offers, you can use the filter tool below. Filter by departure or destination airport, region, or continent to display all current direct flights served by Gulf Air. You can further sort by flight duration or frequency and click on a flight to see more details about it.

Gulf Air’s primary hub

Gulf Air operates entirely from Bahrain International Airport (BAH), located about 8 km from the capital, Manama.

From BAH, Gulf Air serves around 50 nonstop destinations (depending on seasonality), and is a central transit point between Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

As a small island nation, Bahrain does not have any domestic flights, so all of Gulf Air’s services from BAH are international.

Gulf Air’s direct flights within the Middle East

The Middle East is Gulf Air’s strongest market. Bahrain has a central location within the region, allowing Gulf Air to offer direct flights to most countries in the vicinity.

Examples include:

• Bahrain (BAH) - Dubai (DXB): Up to 8 flights daily on what is the airline’s busiest route.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Abu Dhabi (AUH): 2 flights per day to the second-largest airport in the UAE.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Riyadh (RUH): 5 flights per day to Saudi Arabia’s capital.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Muscat (MCT): 2-3 daily flights to Oman. Gulf Air also flies to Salalah in Oman during the popular Khareef season.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Kuwait (KWI): 4 flights per day to Kuwait City.

Other Middle Eastern destinations include Doha (DOH) in Qatar, Dammam (DMM), a route that only Gulf Air operates, Medina (MED), and Jeddah (JED) in Saudi Arabia, Baghdad (BGW) in Iraq, etc.

Direct flights to Europe with Gulf Air

Gulf Air serves several major European cities, primarily targeting business and leisure passengers. Most routes are operated with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

Key direct European routes include:

• Bahrain (BAH) - London Heathrow (LHR): Twice-daily service with Boeing 787-9.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG): 1 flight per day on a route that only Gulf Air operates.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Frankfurt (FRA): Also operated daily and also unique to Gulf Air.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Istanbul (IST): Twice daily service to Turkey’s largest city and busiest airport.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Milan (MXP: Daily service to northern Italy.

Other European destinations include Athens (ATH), Rome (FCO), Moscow (SVO), Manchester (MAN), and Geneva (GVA).

Gulf Air’s longest flights - unique routes to Asia

Gulf Air offers several direct flights over 7 hours. These are mostly focused in the easterly direction and serve major cities in Asia.

Many of those routes target the large South and Southeast Asian diaspora in Bahrain, while others focus on emerging business links with China.

Here are some of Gulf Air’s longest direct flights:

• Bahrain (BAH) - Bangkok (BKK): Daily service

• Bahrain (BAH) - Manila (MNL): Daily direct flights to the Philippines, serving the Overseas Filipino Workers.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Mumbai (BOM): While not really a long-haul flight as it’s under 4 hours in duration, it is one of the airline’s important routes to India. Others include services to Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad, to name a few.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Singapore (SIN): A once-daily connection to Southeast Asia’s busiest airport.

• Bahrain (BAH) - Shanghai (PVG): Currently the airline’s longest flight. Gulf Air also flies direct to Guangzhou.