The number of updates of the Gulf Air logo since the 1950s has reached at least eight.
Meaning and history
1950
The original version featured the old name of the airline, “Gulf Aviation,” in a slab serif type. It was white against the red background.
1970
The serifs were gone, the red box was replaced by a green one.
1973
The upper parts of glyphs in the words “Gulf Air” were green, while the lower halves were red. The Arabic version was purple.
1978
The logo grew gold.
1983
A bird with its wings open appeared above the lettering, which was now given in a more elaborate and lighter type.
2001, 2010, 2018
There has been some playing around with the shape of the bird, the type, and the color of the wordmark.
