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Bahrain
International Airport
Bahrain
International Airport is a key hub airport in the
region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf.
The airport is a major hub for both Gulf Air and Bahrain
Air operating 460 & 136 flights respectively.
Together they account for 56% of the total weekly
operations & 1056 at the airport. 39 other international
airlines including British Airways, Cathay Pacific,
KLM and Lufthansa operate a total of 460 services
per week to a total of 60 destinations.
In
2008, The Airport witnessed a tremendous growth of
20% accounting for 8.9 million passengers while aircraft
movement also increased by 11% to 81,789. However
Cargo tonnage had no increase 350, 000 tonnes.
In
addition to being the fastest growing cargo hub in
the region with a number of international carriers
such as Britsh Airway Cargo, Air France Cargo and
Lufthansa Cargo together with established operators
such as MartinAir, the airport is both the Middle
East Regional Distribution Centre and a designated
“super-hub” for DHL’s worldwide
network whose services not only include significant
operations to support the reconstruction of Afghanistan
and Iraq but also a major regional hub for distribution
by air and surface including transcauseway trucking
services to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab
Emirates. Over 3 million tonnes of cargo crosses the
causeway annually.
Terminal
facilities are under constant review and improvement.
Recent developments include a unique separate First
and Business Class Check-In Lounge providing specialized
services for premium passengers with discrete check-in
and immigration facilities and direct access to the
Departures Lounge. A new award winning 1,000 m²
First and Business Class Lounge was also opened for
Gulf Air. Located on an upper level overlooking the
main apron , the lounge offers an exclusive concept
of waiter service ,a separate family room and electronic
video games room for children. A further two new high
tech airline lounges 200 m² and 700 m² in
size respectively(double the size of existing lounges)
were opened in 2005. The first for Cathay Pacific
and a new Dilmun Lounge( for other airlines handled
by Bahrain Airport Services) which include the latest
wi-fi technology permitting free internet access.
Our new Arrivals Immigration facilities and streamlined
processing now enables large numbers of visitors (
either individually or in groups) to be handled without
delay or congestion as has been successfully demonstrated
for the annual Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix event.Top
quality duty free shopping is available both on arrival
in an expanded shop complementing the award winning
unique shopping mall in the Departures Lounge. New
car parks have been recently constructed to cater
specifically for the needs of our long term “frequent
flyer” passengers and we are looking to provide
further improved services for them including shaded
parking and valet services.
An
airport is a dynamic environment and our objective
is to continue to provide both our passengers and
our partner airlines with the very latest up-to-date
facilities and above all a warm and friendly and professional
service by our Bahraini staff, something which we
are justifiably proud of. Our airport is both a shop
& window to the world and the first and last impression
a visitor has to our country. We believe therefore
that the provision of these high quality facilities
coupled with high standards of service and competitive
pricing make our airport both an attractive hub and
gateway. This has been recognised by major carriers
such as British Airways and Cathay Pacific in awarding
us “best airport” honours on their respective
networks.
Things
To Do In Bahrain
Muharraq
Discover the wind towers (traditional air cooling
systems) of Muharraq's old houses in a walk around
the island's atmospheric backstreets.
King Fahd Causeway
Drive halfway to Saudi Arabia and stop for an egg
rollup and coffee at the King Fahd Causeway tower
restaurant; from here you can admire the 27km (16
mile), four-lane causeway with its 12,430m viaducts
in all its engineering glory.
Bab al Bahrain
Get lost in the souks around Bab al Bahrain and enjoy
the nosegays of cardamom coffee, apricot sheesha,
sizzling kebabs and heady incense-laced perfumes.
Adliya
Buy a copy of Bahrain Hotel & Restaurant Guide
and tick off the hip cocktail bars, Arabian retro
restaurants and divine pastry houses of Adliya.
Formula One
Drive a lap of the circuit on the 90-minute tour of
the Formula One Racetrack and see where champions
are sprayed local style with pomegranate and rose-water
instead of champagne.
Gold City
Barter for bangles at Bahrain's glittering Gold City
in central Manama, a collection of gold shops that
will bedazzle even the most jaded of travellers to
the Middle East.
Pearls
Learn about the formation of pearls and the industry
that once sustained this and neighbouring nations
at the Museum of Pearl Diving; better still, don a
nose peg and dive for the perfect pearl with the help
of Aquatique Scuba Centre.
Hawar
Islands
Take a 40-minute boat ride to the Hawar Islands and
look out for the dolphins who play in the calm Gulf
seas while flamingos stalk through the shallow waters.
Bahrain or Bahrein, officially Kingdom
of Bahrain, constitutional monarchy (1999 est. pop.
666,400), 266 sq mi (689 sq km), an archipelago in
the Persian Gulf between the Qatar Peninsula and Saudi
Arabia. The two main islands are Bahrain (the largest)
and Al Muharraq, which are linked to each other and
Saudi Arabia by causeway. The capital and chief port
is Al Manamah. Flat and sandy, with a few low hills,
Bahrain has a hot, humid climate. The economy has
been based on oil, and oil revenues have financed
modernization projects, particularly in health and
education. Oil reserves are expected to be exhausted
in the near future, however, and other industries
such as shipyards and aluminum smelting have been
established. Bahrain is an important financial center
and the site of a major U.S. navy base. The majority
of the population are Muslim Arab Bahrainis, but other
Arabs and Iranians, Indians, and other Asians make
up over 35% of the inhabitants. About 75% of the population
are Shiite Muslims; most of the rest are Sunnis. Arabic
is the official language, but English, Farsi, and
Urdu are also spoken.
History
Anciently known as Dilmun, the island was known to
the Greeks as Tylos. Ruled by Portugal (16th cent.)
and Persia (intermittently from 1603, and long claimed
by Iran), Bahrain became a sheikhdom in 1783 and a
British-protected state in 1861. Independence was
declared in 1971. A constitution, adopted in 1973,
limited the sheikh's powers and established an elected
national assembly, but in 1975 the sheikh suspended
the constitution and dissolved the national assembly.
Bahrain established closer ties with other Persian
Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia, in the early
1980s, and Bahraini territory was used by coalition
forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Since late
1994, Bahrain's Shiites, many of whom live in poverty,
have staged demonstrations demanding better living
conditions and the return of an elected parliament.
Sheikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who had ruled since
1961, died in 1999; he was succeeded by his son, Sheikh
Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. A new national charter,
establishing a constitutional monarchy, was approved
in 2001, and Bahrain was proclaimed a kingdom in 2002.
Elections to the lower house of the national assembly
were held in Oct. 2002; they marked the first time
that women in a Arab Persian Gulf monarchy could vote
or run for national office.
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