Services to Damascus will be stopped from March 2 while flights to Athens and Milan will be stopped from March 12 and Kuala Lumpur from March 25.
This follows the announcement of the closure of Entebbe and Geneva routes earlier this month.
The move comes as the airline seeks to address the economic challenges faced in recent times; in particular, the local and regional political situation, the high price of fuel and low passenger numbers.
The decision has been taken to allow the airline to use its fleet and resources in the most efficient way by concentrating on high-demand, high-yield routes to ensure that its core customer base is served effectively.
“It is currently a challenging business environment for airlines around the world,” said Gulf Air CEO Samer Majali.
“These closures are pragmatic commercial decisions aimed at focusing services on routes with higher passenger traffic.”
The airline’s commercial strategy, developed in 2009, delivered significant gains in 2010 but last year has been challenging.
“Therefore, we are now adapting our approach to address the challenges on an urgent basis,” said Majali.
In a press release, Gulf Air said it realizes that this will be disappointing news to some of its customers and regrets the inconvenience this may cause.
“Passengers, who have confirmed bookings (both onward and return) to these destinations on or after March 2/March 12/March 25, are being informed of the closures,” said the press release.
