Gulf Air appoints a veteran aviation expert at a key post

Gulf Air appoints a veteran aviation expert at a key post

Manama: Gulf

Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has appointed Abdulrauf

Meer Abdulrahim as Senior Manager Cabin Crew to manage one of the airline's key

operational units and be responsible for the largest team of Gulf Air's

workforce in a role that is directly reporting to the Chief Operations Officer

of the airline.

Abdulrauf

has a long and rich experience in the aviation industry as he joined the

national carrier back in 1978 as cabin crew and progressed to Safety and

Survival School Instructor in his 20 years with Gulf Air.

Later he

moved to the UAE and spent another 20 years enriching his aviation knowledge in

roles of cabin safety, training, inflight product and international airline hub

set up. With more than 40 years in the aviation industry, Abdulrauf retuned to

Gulf Air on its 70th anniversary to contribute to the overall efforts to

elevate the passenger experience when flying on the national carrier.

Gulf Air is

committed to invest in its Bahraini workforce and their career development, and

it continues to provide opportunities for Bahraini nationals to take over

higher management positions in the company.

With 84% of

employees that are based at the headquarters in Muharraq being Bahraini, 97% of

its First Officers, 100% of its Second Officers and 97% of its male