Press Releases

Date: 26 Dec 2011 Oman Air has announced the appointment of Saleem Bin Amanullah Bin Abdul Hussain to the new role of General Manager Customer Services. He will be based at the airline’s headquarters in Muscat and will spearhead Oman Air’s drive for the highest quality in all direct customer contact. Mr Amanulla was appointed following a 23-year career in aviation, most recently as Chief Executive Officer – Cargo for RAS-ENT, a Canadian GSA based in Toronto. Prior to this, he held a number of positions with Gulf Air, including Head of Airports. In addition, Mr Amanulla holds Airline Pilot and Flight Dispatch certification from AFDTC in Dallas. On taking up his appointment, Mr Amanulla said:

Date: 20 Dec 2011 At the three-day Food and Hotel Expo 2011, which has just been held at the Oman International Exhibition Centre in Muscat, a team of experts from Oman Air Catering’s pastry kitchen demonstrated advanced culinary skills which enthralled visitors. The team, led by Oman Air’s head pastry chef, Harsha Ranasinghe, and supported by Fatma Al Riyami and Sampath Fernandez, tackled a range of spectacular food preparation methods, including chocolate molding and preparation, dessert plating, showpiece design and wedding cake structure techniques.

Date: 6 October 2009 Oman Air's brand new, much-anticipated First Class Mini Suite is launched this week, together with new Business and Economy class seats, menus and uniforms, when the airline's new three-class Airbus A330-300 is unveiled. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the first A330-200 in Oman Air's livery flew over from Toulouse, arriving at Seeb International Airport, Muscat, later today. Configured in a very comfortable two-class layout, the aircraft provides space for 216 passengers, including 20 business class seats and 196 economy class seats. The three-class service will be introduced to a range of routes across Europe and Asia, including non-stop direct flights between Muscat and London Heathrow.

Date: 13 Dec 2011 The soft opening of Oman Air’s new state-of-art “Emergency Response Center” (ERC) was held on 7th Dec. 2011. This center is located at the Head Quarters 2 section of Oman Air Headquarters, and is equipped with top-notch emergency response functions related to airline emergency management.

Date: 12 Dec 2011 Oman Air has appointed 10 new Staff members to its marshalling team at Muscat International Airport. The positions were widely advertised throughout Oman and each vacancy has been taken up by an Omani national, followed by interviews in which candidates were required to demonstrate fluency in both Arabic and English language.

Date: 11 Dec 2011 The positions were widely advertised throughout Oman and each vacancy has been taken up by an Omani national, followed by interviews in which candidates were required to demonstrate fluency in both Arabic and English language. The appointments strengthen Oman Air’s policy of Omanisation, which provides employment and career development opportunities for citizens of the Sultanate and helps to build a sustainable skills base within the country.

Date: 06 Dec 2009 Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, started its new service between Muscat and Zurich, in Switzerland on 2nd December 2011. Oman Air offers four flights a week between the two destinations. Zurich is Oman Air’s 41 worldwide destination and its sixth in Europe.

Date: 5 Dec 2011 Oman Air celebrated achieving an ISO Quality Standard certificate at a ceremony held at the Golden Tulip Hotel Seeb, Muscat, and was attended by high officials from Oman Air and Bureau Veritas. Present at the event was Mr. Shakeer Rasheed, Country Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas in Dubai & Oman, who awarded the ISO Certificate to Oman Air’s Chief Corporate Affairs Philippe Georgiou on behalf of Oman Air. An acceptance speech was delivered by Mr. Georgiou.

Date: 16 Nov 2011 Oman Air has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power the six Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft it just ordered. The airline is the first in the Middle East to select the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine, which last month powered the first 787 Dreamliner into service.

Order increases Boeing's 787 customer base in Middle East Date: 14 Nov 2011 Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman's flagship carrier, today announced an order for six Boeing 787-8s at the Dubai Airshow. The airline completed an arrangement with Boeing and Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO to transfer existing orders for the six Dreamliners from ALAFCO to Oman Air.