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Oman Air Celebrates Seventh Anniversary Of Cochin Operations

Date: 27 September 2008

While celebrating its seventh anniversary of operations to Cochin, Oman Air in connection with Onam, the traditional festival of Kerala conducted ATHAPOOKALAM (Flower Carpet) competition for the fourth-consecutive year for the travel agents at Cochin. 24 IATA agents participated in the competition and the First prize was won by M/s. Akbar Travels of India with M/s. Creative Tours & Travels bagging the runner up prize. Mr. Manoj, a renowned Malayalam & Tamil film art director who was the judge for the competition along with Mr. Sunil V A – District Sales Manger - COK and Mr. Ashok Kumar, Sales Manager (GSA), visited all the agents to weigh up the flower carpets. Prizes for the winners will be distributed during an upcoming “Agents Award...

Oman Air Making Dreams Come True With “Fly Free To London” Campaign

Date: 22 September 2008

The Sultanate’s national carrier, Oman Air announces an exhilarating campaign for the season. Bringing desires to reality, the airline now offers an opportunity to fly to London for free. The campaign was launched on the 16 September and will last up to the 15 December 2008.

Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al Shikely, Senior Manager Marketing of Oman Air stated that the company through this initiative is providing the ultimate opportunity of the year for its customers to visit Europe for free while enjoying the services of the largest airline from Muscat to the world. In order for participants to qualify,...

New Vice President Planning For Oman Air Appointed

Date: 14 September 2008

Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman has recently appointed Mr. Markku Nokkala as Vice President Planning. Nokkala brings with him an assortment of practice in the aviation field with over 30 years of experience in the airline industry, which includes two major international airlines. Nokkala’s core competence areas are route decisions based on market analysis, combination of markets and resources to maximize the productivity in cost effective way, route and network profitability, negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and with authorities, slot management and process improvement.

Prior to this assignment, Nokkala was...

Muscat International Airport Among Top ME Performing Airports

Date: 13 September 2008

Muscat International Airport came fourth place (Best Airport by Region Category) in the Middle East, with regard to its level of service quality, according to the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey, conducted by the industry body Airports Council International (ACI). The survey proclaimed the top performing airports in Service Quality throughout 2007. This signifies the efficiency and the successful strategies implemented by Oman Air, the sole service provider for Muscat International Airport, furthermore conforms the excellent record of professional and high quality service standards that has too been recognised, by various international organisations worldwide.

Corporate Communications And Media of Oman Air highlighted that Airports Council...

Onam Sadhya Onboard Oman Air Flights to Kerala

Date: 9 September 2008

Oman Air the national carrier of Oman will celebrate Onam in the skies, by serving delicious Onam Sadhya (Onam Feast) on board Oman Air flights operating to Kerala during Onam. The Menus would be served on the Muscat / Trivandrum, Calicut and Kochi sectors. Passengers on these flights are in for this great treat.

Abdulrazaq Bin Juma Al Raisi, Senior Manager Sales, Oman Air said that the addition of the Menus to our in-flight menu selection is a commitment towards meeting the expectations and requirements of our Indian passengers, also comes as a true mark of esteem to Malayalees who celebrate their national festival Onam on Friday...

Lulu Guinness Discloses Oman Beauty through The Daily Telegraph

Date: 6 September 2008

Usama Bin Karim Al Haremi, Head of Corporate Communications And Media of Oman Air believes that Oman is one of Arabia’s most unique countries. It is increasingly becoming an attractive tourist destination and along with its great variety of activities, culture and history, it suits the taste of any traveller. Without exception he added, anyone who comes to the Sultanate cannot fail to be impressed with what is truly the undiscovered jewel of Arabia. Oman has it all he added, stunning mountain scenery, frankincense, endless white beaches, a rich cultural heritage, and diverse scenery and wildlife make it a unique...

Oman Air Stand Catches 95 Percent Of The Participant’s Attention At Berlin’s
Al Multaqa

Date: 1 September 2008

The Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa) which hosted The 11th Arab-German Economic Forum (Al Multaqa) held at the House of German Business, from 25-27 June 2008 in cooperation with the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) and the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture for Arab Countries, they informed that the national carrier of Oman stand scored 95 percent of the participant’s attention, following a recent review amongst the participants in the events and activities of the Forum. (Ghorfa) carried out the survey.

The Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and...

Oman Air’s Sindbad FFP Tie-Ups With TSC Sultan Center LLC

Date: 26 August 2008

Oman Air takes its Sindbad Frequent Flyer Programme even further by adding TSC Sultan Center LLC, a leading retail chain in Oman and across the Middle East with its presence in Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon. Oman Air and TSC Sultan Center LLC were pleased to announce the partnership between Sindbad Frequent Flyer Programme and TSC Rewards Program.

This...

Oman Air implementing New IT Solution

Date: 24 August 2008

Oman Air appointed Gulf Business Machines (GBM), one of the largest IT solutions and service providers in the United Arab Emirates, satisfying the technology requirements of local, regional, and international businesses, also IBM’s representative in the region – to successfully implement state-of-the-art IT business continuity solution.

GBM is enhancing Oman Air’s present IT infrastructure by implementing a new data recovery center providing the airline with a leading edge solution ensuring flawless continuity of services in the event of a failure of the main IT system. This solution allows all IT systems to be duplicated and backed up in real time and stored safely for immediate use.

The GBM solution includes the implementation of CISCO Systems...

Oman Air Welcomes New Omani Pilot Trainees

Date: 18 August 2008

Another proud day for Oman Air when it welcomed the new group of 19 Omani Commercial Pilot License-holders who successfully completed their “ATPL”(Air Transport Pilot License) Bridge Course as an integral part of the Airline Professional Pilot Career Development Program which was conducted by Ayla Academy in the Kingdom of Jordan.

Oman Air stated that among the various positions that are brilliantly handled by Omani personnel at various levels, the role of a Pilot is the one that is most in demand at a global level. The 19 Pilot Trainees undertook an intensive training program and came back with commendable results. This new batch has undertaken several tests and training...

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