Case Study: Gulf Air achieves 70% faster backups and 30% better SLA performance with Veeam

Gulf Air slashes backup times for a hybrid multi-cloud environment by 70% with Veeam

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, needed to modernize data protection as it moved to a cloud‑first, hybrid multi‑cloud environment. With a growing remote workforce and rising cyber‑security and cost pressures, the airline found its legacy backup tools unable to provide the visibility, control and rapid recovery required to avoid downtime for critical systems that support customer experience.

Gulf Air implemented Veeam to protect on‑premises systems and workloads in AWS and Microsoft Azure, replacing tape and on‑prem DR with immutable cloud backups and centralized management. The change cut backup times by up to 70%, reduced data protection administration by 20%, improved SLA performance by an estimated 30%, and enabled fast, granular restores across the hybrid environment.

Gulf Air

Waleed Al Alawi

Chief Executive Officer