Since launch of the first Paris-Muscat flight in 2009Oman Air's service to Roissy CDG continues to grow. Having increased the number of flights to five just a year ago, in October 2015, and then to six last March, service to the capital of the Sultanate of Oman will be daily from 30 October. The flight, which is a night flight on the outbound leg - departing at 9.10pm for an arrival in Muscat at 7.20am the following day - will be a day flight on the return leg, departing Muscat at 2.30pm for an arrival at 7.35pm. All these flights are operated in Boeing 787 Dreamliner two-seaterBoth are considered by Skytrax to be the best in the world. best economy and business classes in the Middle East since 2014.
Oman Air does not intend to stop with this daily service to Paris. "We plan to move to two flights a day over the next two years"says Abdulrahman Al Busaidy, the company's deputy CEO. At the same time, the company also hopes to land in Nice within three years. In the meantime, Oman Air is offering connecting flights to the Côte d'Azur city as well as Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier and Toulouse, thanks to a pre- and post-carriage agreement with Air France.
For business travellers, this change to daily service on the Paris-Muscat route increases the possibility of connecting flights to business destinations, whether Gulf cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai, or major Indian cities. Oman Air offers 45 daily flights to the sub-continentThese include Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. For incentive groups, Oman Air also offers more leisure-oriented destinations such as Zanzibar, Colombo and Bangkok. However, one of Oman Air's objectives in developing services to Muscat is also to developing tourism in OmanFor the traditional charms of the sultanate, unlike its Gulf neighbours.
The company, which carries six million passengers a year and intends increase from 41 aircraft today to 70 in 2020continues to grow its network. Oman Air recently added new destinations including Manila, Jakarta and Singapore, as well as Dhaka in Bangladesh and Mashdad in Iran. On 9 December, the airline will be landing for the first time in its history. first time in China with the opening of a route to Guangzhou. "We hope to link up with Shanghai in the future, as well as Beijing. However, the current airport is congested, so we'll probably have to wait for the future airport to open. (Editor's note: due to open in 2018)", explains Abdulrahman Al Busaidy.
