Gulf Air has announced the first set of lucky winners of its recently launched “1 in 20 Fly-for-Free” promotion.

The winners were picked up randomly from among the thousands of passengers who bought tickets online between October 6 and 12.

“We are very glad that this promotion has become so popular, going by the increase in the number of online bookings since it started,” said Gulf Air chief strategy officer Tero Taskila.

All the winners get a Gulf Air value coupon/voucher equivalent to the fare of the ticket they purchased, which can be used for payment of travel to any destination within Gulf Air network.

The “1 in 20 Fly-for-Free” promotion is open until October 31.

Gulf Air launched its state-of–the-art internet booking engine in January 2008. Ever since the website has become an instant hit among the travelling public, said an official.-TradeArabia News Service