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Gulf Air was established as Gulf Aviation on 24Mar1950, formed by Freddie Bosworth, starting operations on 05Jul1950 with flights to Doha & Sharjah. In 1973 the governments of the Emirate of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of Oman agreed to purchase the BOAC Associated Companies holding in Gulf Aviation. The Foundation Treaty was signed on 01Jan1974 and gave each government a 25% shareholding in Gulf Aviation, which became a holding company. The operating company was then branded as Gulf Air and became the flag carrier for the four states. On 05May2007, the government of Bahrain claimed full ownership of the airline
< state-owned airline and the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is headquartered in Muharraq >
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