Gulf Air

multinational consortium, regional size, BH.

Ownership: state, flag carrier
Starting fleet: 25 x Vickers VC10, 2 x Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, 3 x BAC One-Eleven 500
Bases: BAH
Starting routes: BAH-LHR, BAH-BOM, BAH-HKG, BAH-CDG, BAH-DXB, BAH-JED, BAH-RUH
Confidence: estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: Gulf Air page (exact): four-state flag carrier of Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Oman from 1 January 1974 (25 percent each); network by 1976 reached Amsterdam, Athens, Bombay, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Manila among others; the TriStar arrived in 1976 to replace the VC10; first international airline to land at the new Riyadh airport, in 1982. Fleet, routes and finance are estimates.