Gulf Air : Dreamliner for a Boutique airline

Established in 1950, Gulf Air, the Flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is one of the oldest airline in the region. Gulf AIr was originally owned by a consortium of Gulf States–Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. With the exception of Bahrain, all other states in the consortium have since established their own carriers. After some years of financial issues, mostly linked to fierce competition from the neighbouring big three Gulf carriers–Qatar Airways, Emirates, and Etihad–also known as the "ME3," Gulf Air has worked to reorganize and reinvent itself as a high-end Boutique airline. Gulf Air's recent acquisition of new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners symbolizes this renewal.