At our size it makes sense to be one fleet.

We are confident of making a formal announcement on funding in the next three months along with a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the airframe manufacturers.

The renewed confidence the financial markets have in Gulf Air's commercial performance over the past few years has resulted in us moving forward at a good pace.

At the moment, it only makes sense for us to develop bilateral relationships with carriers of countries we fly to, and that's we will continue to do.

We are committed to building on the success of last year's event and at the same time grabbing the opportunity to promote Bahrain as a hub for tourism and business in the region.

There continue to be immense challenges facing the airline industry today and these require a concerted collaborative effort with specialist partners in the public and private sectors,