Oman Air

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Oman Air

IATA WY	ICAO OMA	Callsign OMAN AIR
Founded		1981
Hubs		Seeb International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Sindbad Frequent Flyer
Member lounge		Oman Air Lounge
Alliance		Arab Air Carriers Organization
Fleet size		10
Destinations		16
Headquarters		Muscat, Oman
Key people		Ziad Al-Haremi (CEO)
Website: http://www.omanair.aero/wy/

Oman Air (الطيران العماني) is an airline based in Muscat, Oman. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services, as well as local air taxi and charter work. Its main base is Seeb International Airport (MCT), Muscat.

Oman Air is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1981 and started operations in 1993. It was formed as the result of a merger of the former Gulf Air Light Aircraft division and Oman International Services, as Oman Aviation Services. Oman Air is owned by Individuals (41.7%), Oman government (33.8%) and private Omani companies (24.5%).

[edit] Destinations

The following destinations are served by Oman Air (as of March 2007)[1]:

Oman

Muscat (Seeb International Airport) Hub
Salalah (Salalah Airport)
Khasab (Khasab airport)

Middle East

Bahrain
- Manama (Bahrain International Airport)
Egypt
- Cairo (Cairo International Airport)
Jordan
- Amman (Queen Alia International Airport)
Kuwait
- Kuwait (Kuwait International Airport)
Lebanon
- Beirut (Rafic Hariri International Airport)
Qatar
- Doha (Doha International Airport)
Syria
- Damascus (Damascus International Airport) [Starts May 2007][2]
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai (Dubai International Airport)

India

Chennai (Chennai International Airport)
Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
Hyderabad (Begumpet International Airport)
Jaipur (Sanganer Airport) [Starts June 2007][3]
Kochi (Cochin International Airport)
Lucknow (Amausi Airport) [Starts June 2007][4]
Mumbai (Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport)
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum International Airport)

Code share destinations (all in cooperation with Gulf Air)

Former Destinations

Al Ain (Al Ain International Airport) [Suspended March 2003]
Colombo (Bandaranaike International Airport) [Suspended November 2004]
Dar es Salaam (Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere International Airport) [Suspended September 2004]
Diba (Diba Airport) [Suspended April 2005]
Dhaka (Zia International Airport) [Suspended 2001]
Gwadar (Gwadar International Airport) [Suspended July 2000]
Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport) [Suspended June 2004]
Karachi (Jinnah International Airport) [Suspended March 2003]
Masirah Island (Masirah Air Base) [Suspended November 2000]
Mombasa (Moi International Airport) [Suspended September 2004]
Peshawar (Peshawar International Airport) [Suspended October 2000]
Sur, Oman (Sur Airport) [Suspended November 2000]
Zanzibar (Zanzibar International Airport) [Suspended July 2005]

[edit] Fleet

The Oman Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2006:^[1]

**Oman Air Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Business/Economy)
ATR 42-500	4	46 (46) All Economy
Boeing 737-700	3	114 (12/102)
Boeing 737-800	4	154 (12/142)

Oman Air's average fleet age as of February 2007 is 8.375 years. It is all set to acquire Gulf Air's 767 fleet and Kuwait Airways' A310 and A300 fleet once the airlines receive their ordered fleets. The airline has also expressed strong desires to acquire 6 of Air India's A310 fleet once it receives its order of 68 Boeing aircraft. With these aircraft, according to reliable sources, Oman Air could expand its services to Paris, Frankfurt and London in Europe; and Manila and Bangkok in South-East Asia. In due course of time, the airline also hopes to acquire 4 Biman Bangladesh Airlines DC-10 fleet once it receives its order for 4 Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. Oman Air has said that these DC-10s would play a crucial role in expanding its services to the U.S. Top sources have also revealed that it could then come face to face with top airlines of the region, like Emirates, Qatar Airways, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Etihad.