Oman Air to Fly to Casablanca, Istanbul and Moscow in 2018

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Published February 4th, 2018 - 09:36 GMT

Oman Air has announced it will begin flights to Casablanca, Istanbul and Moscow this year.

Oman Air has announced it will begin flights to Casablanca, Istanbul and Moscow this year after receiving its first Boeing 737 Max.

The carrier ordered 20 Maxs from the US manufacturer in October 2015 and has entered into a lease agreement for a further 10.

At an inauguration event for the plane in Muscat it said that it would begin flying to Casablanca in June, Istanbul in July and Moscow in October, according to Times of Oman.

It is also increasing capacity on European routes, including Paris, and is studying the possibility of launching flights to Singapore, Dhaka and Beirut.

Oman Air suspended flights to Beirut in March for “commercial reasons”.

Oman Air’s new plane is in the Max 8 configuration with 12 business class seats and 150 economy class seats.

It adds to the airline’s fleet of 27 Boeing 737s and seven 787 Dreamliners.

Source: Gulf Business

Background Information

Oman Air

Oman Air is the flagship carrier of the Sultanate of Oman and an Official 4 Star Airline (Skytrax 2011). Founded in 1993, the airline has since witnessed massive growth and has played a major role in making Muscat an important traffic hub in the Middle East, supporting the commercial, industrial and tourism sectors.

The airline currently operates direct international flights from Muscat to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Madina, and Kuwait, in the Gulf region, as well as Cairo, Amman, Tehran, Mashhad, Najaf, Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam within the wider Middle East/Africa region.