About 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.
In addition, Oman Air flies to eleven destinations in India (Goa, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kozhikode and Jaipur); Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan; Kathmandu in Nepal; and Colombo in Sri Lanka. The airline also flies to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta in the Far East, Guangzhou in China and Nairobi in Kenya. Its European destinations are London, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich.
Oman Air’s domestic destinations are Salalah, Khasab and Duqum. It also serves 5 additional domestic points for The Duqm Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZAD), Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Occidental, which are JNJ (Duqm), OMM (Marmul), RNM (Qarn AlAlam), UKH (Mukhaizinah) and FAU (Fahud).
Oman Air’s new destinations for this year are Istanbul (Turkey) from June 1st, Casablanca (Morocco) from July 1st and Moscow (Russia) from October 30th . Maldives operations resume from 28th October this year.
Oman Air has codeshare agreements with a number of airline partners. These are: Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Turkish Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, KLM, Garuda Airlines, Thai Airways, Saudia, Malaysia Airlines, Kenyan Airways and Bangkok Airlines offering travelers better connectivity and increased choice.
Currently Oman Air’s fleet consists of three Boeing 787-8, five 787-9 Dreamliners, six Airbus 330-300s, four Airbus 330-200s, five Boeing 737-900s, 21 Boeing 737-800, four Embraer 175s and five 737 MAX.
By the end of 2018 Oman Air will have taken delivery of five new MAX aircraft and three 787-9s. By 2022, Oman Air’s total fleet size is expected to be around 70.
Oman Air’s outstanding aircraft interiors include its First Class Private Suite, which provides each of the First Class passengers with fully enclosed, extra tall, Suite with doors to ensure privacy and converts to a very comfortable lie-flat seat in the skies. The outstanding Business Class seats each provide easy aisle access, ample storage space and the latest technological amenities. Economy Class seats offer adjustable head and leg rests, together with generous leg and elbow room. State of the art in-flight entertainment systems feature individual seatback screens, audio and video on demand and live satellite TV. In addition, Oman Air has pioneered both mobile telephony and Internet connectivity on board its wide-bodied flights and this is available in all three classes.
Awards 2018
Seven Stars Luxury Lifestyle and Hospitality Awards 2018Oman Air, was awarded for the third year in row as “Best Airline in Europe, Middle East and Africa” within the Seven Stars Luxury Lifestyle and Hospitality Awards 2018.
Oman Air wins the Award for Airline of the year Middle East 2018 at the 2018 Aviation Business Awards function held in Dubai recently. The award is instituted by The ITP Media Group and AVB publication based in UAE.
Frontier Awards:Oman Air and Muscat Duty Free awarded Inflight Retailer of the Year at the Frontier Awards at a function held in Cannes, France, this year.
Oman Air wins Middle East's Leading Airline Business & Economy Class 2018 awards: Oman Air, the award-winning national carrier for the Sultanate of Oman, has been recognised as “The Middle East's Leading Airline” in both the Business Class and Economy Class categories, at the World Travel Awards held in the lead up to Arabian Travel Market.
Oman Air receives Official Four Star Airlines Rating at the APEX Regional Passenger Choice AwardsOman Air, received Official Four Star Airlines Rating in the category of Major Regional Airline at the APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards (PCAs) held in Shanghai in March, 2018.
Oman Air France receives award from Oman Ministry of Tourism: Oman Air operations in France awarded for its continued contribution to the development of tourism in the Sultanate. The award was presented by the Oman Minister of Tourism H.E. Ahmad Al Mahrizi at the prestigious Oman Workshop held in Paris.
Oman Air was awarded the Best International Airline Middle East by Tamil Nadu Tourism at a function held in Chennai.
Awards 2017
World Travel Awards 2017:Oman Air Wins “World’s Leading Airline – Economy Class” and was also named the winner in the World’s Ultimate Service Award in Hospitality 2017.
World Travel Awards Middle East 2017: Oman Air was voted the best in the 'Middle East's Leading Airline - Business Class' and 'Middle East's Leading Airline - Economy Class' categories
Frontier Awards: Oman Air and Muscat Duty Free awarded Inflight Retailer of the Year at the Frontier Awards.
Seven Stars Luxury Lifestyle and Hospitality Awards 2017: : Oman Air, was awarded for the second year in row as “Best Airline in Europe, Middle East and Africa” within the Seven Stars Luxury Lifestyle and Hospitality Awards 2017.
Skytrax World Airline Awards: Oman Air was named as the winner of the ’Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East’ award at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards 2017.
Best Luxury Airline, Middle East at this year's Business Destinations Awards - following success in the same category in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017
