King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa lands in London the week of the Board of Peace meeting

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa flew from Sakhir Air Base to London Stansted on June 21, a six-hour-and-47-minute journey aboard the Boeing 747-400 with tail A9C-HAK. The flight arrives the same week the King returns from a multi-leg tour that included the GCC-US Summit in Riyadh, a meeting with King Charles III at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, and talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, per the Bahrain News Agency.

The trip follows a pattern of high-level Gulf diplomacy. Earlier this spring, the King hosted a reception in Washington for the first Board of Peace meeting, convened at the invitation of President Donald Trump to advance the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and reconstruction efforts, as covered by Starvision News. The gathering included U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and foreign ministers of Gulf states.

This visit to the UK — the King’s second in as many months — reinforces a longstanding strategic partnership between the two kingdoms, with the Bahrain Royal Family maintaining a regular presence at RAF Brize Norton and Windsor for state engagements. The aircraft, originally built for the Sultan of Oman, continues to serve the King’s diplomatic circuit across the Middle East and beyond.