Manama - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
I am from the West Coast of the USA. From Bahrain, or any of the GCC countries to California (for example) is about 20+ hours depending on connections. To the East Coast (Washington, DC) it is at least 14 hours (with connections). There used to be a United flight that went from IAD to Kuwait City (for an hour) then onto Bahrain. This was the most direct flight, however none of the US carriers fly to the Middle East anymore due to the inability to compete with Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, and Turkish Airways. With the recent ban on electronics in hand-carry luggage, Lufthansa or British Airways would be the ideal way to go. Depending on which city you're originating from in the U.S. - Lufthansa or British Airways or KLM could be your contract carrier if you're traveling on U.S. government travel orders. - Apr 2017
Washington DC. 13 hours to Doha, then a quick hop to Bahrain. - Sep 2016
West Coast USA, IT takes about 25-28 hours to get home depending on layovers. - Nov 2015
Washington DC. Flight time about 12 hours via Frankfurt or Dubai. - Aug 2014
From D.C. travel time is 14-16 hours with a stopover in London or Kuwait. - Sep 2012
Our "home base" is Seattle, Washington, and the trip is long and arduous. It will soon improve (inshallah) since United started a direct flight from Manama to Dulles. From there to Seattle in only about 20 hours! (I can't believe I said 'only'.) Otherwise it's a stop in Dubai or Kuwait before hopping on a US carrier to Dulles. - Apr 2010
