The announcement follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two airlines and will further strengthen the strong ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Netherlands.

Gulf Air will place its ‘GF’ code on KLM flights from Bahrain to Amsterdam and flights from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. On the other hand, the agreement will see KLM place its ‘KL’ code on Gulf Air flights from Bahrain to Sialkot, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

Vincent Coste, chief commercial officer, Gulf Air said, “We are glad to announce the partnership with KLM and expand our network with a service between the Kingdom of Bahrain and The Netherlands. With this important commercial agreement, we are offering our passengers a connection to Amsterdam using a Gulf Air ticket”.