Gulf Air

Flew from Copenhagen to Mumbai - a very pleasant experience. Aircraft was modern and clean with good leg room. Food was nice and staff very helpful. We had the same experience on our return except that we then were given seats in business class from Mumbai to Bahrain. Next time I will not hesitate using Gulf Air.

Overall mixed trip London Heathrow-Abu Dhabi via Bahrain. First flight on ageing A330 A bit shabby but otherwise clean. Food tasteless and I could not eat all of it it was a night flight so I slept most of the way and the entertainment was nothing to shout about. Connection to Abu Dhabi was ok but Gulf Air changed the plane to an ageing A319. The snack offered was horrible. Return connection to Bahrain a completely different story. Very new and clean Embraer E-190. Inflight entertainment was brilliant with plenty of choice. Breakfast was very tasty. Return flight was much the same with the food not very nice and the entertainment not great. I think I will be sticking to British Airways next time.

London-Bahrain Bahrain-Manila return to London. Could not fault staff very helpful food and service very good with friendly staff informative announcements and on each flight we departed on time and arrived early. All in all a good experience.

BEY-BAH-MAA. A pleasant surprise overall A320 in excellent condition on both legs. Catering between average (per ME standards) and mediocre in quality crew definitely not motivated some very stressed. Both flights departed and arrived on time. The service is not a bliss but being cheaper than lowcost's on this leg makes them definitely value for money and under those conditions I would fly them again.

LHR-BAH in Falcon Gold. Old A340-600. Boarded on time but error in Pax numbers resulted in 30 minute delay and much frustration for many with tight connections. Aircraft showing its age with worn seating and no AVOD but cabin service was excellent with Chef providing really good food accompanied by a decent wine list. Whilst the A340 is an old bird it still gives a smooth a quiet flight but the sooner Gulf update their Falcon Gold cabins the better.

Economy: LHR-BKK return. Very hard to give a balanced review as each flight in the four parts was like flying different airlines. The service levels varied so much. Food very good on all legs. Transfer in Bahrain 10/10 great little airport and no buses. Flight attendants: from the gum chewing lady who loudly told her co-worker she didn't like speaking German to the girls that though it funny that they where too busy to get into position and could only point to one exit door during the safety video. Contrast this to the crew on the last leg home who without doubt could have been from any of the top performing airlines in the world. Would I fly Gulf again? At their low prices hard not to Just don't expect to much and then if your lucky your expectations might just be exceeded if your lucky! Entertainment can't review as broken on all legs - says it all really.

DOH-LHR via Bahrain. Outbound flight was delayed 2 hours coming from JED. As usual cabin crew very active and helpful haven't seen the Sky Hub onboard yet on both ways. Presentation of meals was very good Gulf Air Lounge in LHR is nice with an average amount of food and drinks. GF needs to reschedule the connection flights times to DOH since they are rescheduling their flight times to Europe.

FRA to KUL via BAH. Outbound flight was very good and left on time. Seats were spacious food was good and staff friendly and present in the cabin a lot. Bahrain to Kuala Lumpur flight was delayed but again the flight was good and staff great. The only downside was the 6 hour stop over in Bahrain and the inflight entertainment was pretty basic but worked and had a choice of a few movies. Definitely value for money.

LHR-KTM via BAH. Good flight on all legs. Good food. Cabin staff efficient and professional. Unlimited drinks on request. Poor quality headphones meant unable to use inflight entertainment but not really that important to me. Food was good.

FRA-BAH-MNL return. Flight from FRA to BAH was on time. Friendly staff good IFE food ok and enough room to sit. Only one hour stop in BAH. Flight to MNL excellent as well. Very good value for the money. I will fly Gulf Air again.