Press Releases

Date: 24 December 2018   Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, hosted the annual Gulf Flight Safety Council (GFSC) meeting in Muscat on 5th and 6th December 2018 at the Golden Tulip Hotel Seeb.

Date: 19 December 2018

Date: 17 December 2018   Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has taken delivery of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that it has on order for 2018. This comes at a time when the airline is continuing its trajectory of rapid growth and expansion.

Date: 16 December 2018   Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, gathered its entire commercial teams from around the globe together for its Global Commercial Conference held at the Hormuz Grand Muscat Hotel on the 5th and 6th December. Entitled “Winning Together”, the conference treated Oman Air’s commercial teams to two days of interesting and informative presentations, break-out sessions and panel discussions.

Date: 04 December 2018   Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has been awarded World’s Leading Airline Economy Class at the 2018 World Travel Awards and its frequent flyer programme, Sindbad has been named “World’s Leading Airline Rewards Programme 2018”.

Date: 28 November 2018   Oman Air, the National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has officially opened a new state-of-the-art Crew Reporting Centre at its hub in Muscat, capital of the Sultanate of Oman. The purpose-built crew terminal, is one of the most advanced of its kind in the region, and is fitted with cutting-edge baggage handling systems, electronic check-in kiosks and security and customs scanning equipment.

Airline named second cleanest and quietest flying into London hub Date: 13 November 2018   Oman Air, the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman, has been recognised as the second cleanest and quietest carrier in contributing to the reduction of the noise footprint at UK’s Heathrow Airport.

Date: 05 November 2018   Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has taken delivery of its second 3-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that it has on order. This comes at a time when the airline is continuing its trajectory of rapid growth and expansion. Oman Air expects to receive the third 787-9 Dreamliner in December this year.

Date: 30 October 2018   Oman Air, the National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman has commenced its new daily direct service between Russia and Oman, with its first flight departing Muscat International Airport to Moscow Domodedovo Airport on 30th October.

Date: 02 October 2018   In-line with the Government plans to implement international best practices in business, Oman has adopted the International Air Transport Association’s electronic airway bill (e-AWB) standard in replacement of the paper airway bill - the contract of carriage for international airfreight shipments.