Gulf Air

Gulf Air (Arabic: طيران الخليج) is a Bahraini airliner and Flag carrier of Bahrain, founded in 1950 as Gulf Aviation. It began operations in 1950 as Gulf Aviation and It became the National airline of Bahrain. Their YouTube channel was created in 2008 and has uploaded an array of videos.
==Content==
Their YouTube channel mainly consist of advertisements, animated videos, holidays in bahrain and F1 Contents.
==History==
===Airline===
Gulf Air was founded in 1950 as Gulf Aviation. It began operations in 1950 for colonial cabotage services.https://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-seating-maps/gulf-air/history/
On January 1, 1974, the treaty was signed by 4 Gulf States by Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman to purchase the BOAC Associated Companies. Which lead that Gulf Aviation was now branded as Gulf Air and became flag carrier to 4 states.https://web.archive.org/web/20150507131053/http://www.gulfair.com/English/aboutgulfair/Pages/History.aspx
In 1980s, Gulf Air has declined by 3 Gulf States as flag carrier leaving only Bahrain to have this airline.
In 1994, Gulf Air received its first Airbus A340-300, which leads to have more destinations.
In 2000, Gulf Air celebrated its 50th anniversary and 5 years later, Gulf Air decided to sponsor F1 for Bahrain Grand Prix, thus creating Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.
On October 1, 2006, Emirate of Abu Dhabi withdraw Gulf Air as flag carrier and establish their own flag carrier called Etihad Airways, which is followed by Oman withdraw Gulf Air and establish their own flag carrier called Oman Air, which leads Bahrain to have a full ownership of Gulf Air.
In 2010s, Gulf Air has suspended all flights to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria due to Arab Spring.https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/gulf-air-further-trims-network-as-arab-spring-losses-continue-to-mount-68632 Gulf Air has now retired some airbus aircraft, leaving to have the last Airbus A340-300 and Airbus A330-200.https://simpleflying.com/gulf-air-airbus-a330-retirement/
===Channel===
The channel was created on July 20, 2008 and uploaded their first video on April 1, 2009.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4lvdGPSBQ
==Sponsorship==
Gulf Air sponsors events, mainly Bahrain Grand Prix. Gulf Air has sponsoring F1 for a long time since 2005. It also sponsors the Bahrain International Airshow.
==Trivia==
*It used to be called Gulf Aviation, but now it has been branded as Gulf Air.
*It used to be the Flag carrier of 4 Gulf States, but now, Gulf Air become the only Flag carrier of Bahrain.
*Gulf Air is not part of any airline alliance, it has a codeshare partner with Emirates.https://www.gulfair.com/about-gulf-air/media-center/gulf-air-and-emirates-activate-codeshare-agreement
*As of 2023, Gulf Air has over 60 destinations.https://www.gulfair.com/en/destination-guide
==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Bahraini YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2008