Oman Air’s winter schedule witness service boost

The recent announcement of Oman Air’s winter schedule 2015-16 has witnessed introduction of a new service to Dhaka.

The airline’s service between Muscat and Frankfurt is now being operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Simultaneously, the airline also commenced flights to Dhaka from 25 October 2015.

There has also been an increase in number of flights between Muscat and Paris from four per week to five. Subsequently, number of flights from Muscat to Goa increased from four flights per week to six flights per week. Flights from Muscat to Colombo have increased in number from 10 per week to double-daily. Flights between Muscat and Dammam have increased in frequency from 14 per week to 16 per week. And services between Muscat and Tehran are set to increase from seven flights per week to 10 flights per week from 15 November, in response to high levels of consumer demand.

Furthermore, the Boeing 787s will also be deployed on services between Muscat and Milan from 1 December. Dreamliners will also be deployed on one flight per day between Muscat and Salalah around the same period.

Within the Gulf region, flights from Muscat to Jeddah and Riyadh will be operated using an Airbus 330s. Flights to Khasab will be operated using Embraer 175s. The Embraers will replace ATR42s which are currently deployed on the route and are due to be phased out.