Oman Air has taken delivery of the first of its new A330-200 Airbus jets. These are configured for 216 passengers, including 20 business class seats and 196 economy class seats.
Oman Air over Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
That should allow more comfort to visitors flying from London Heathrow, Paris, Munich & Frankfurt into Muscat.
The airline is expecting 7 planes with an option of 6 more.
Categories: London · Muscat · Oman
Tagged: Muscat, Oman Air, Heathrow, Airbus A330-200, Direct non stop London Muscat
The 22.35 Oman Air flight turns out to be the last flight scheduled from Heathrow each day.
For the national airline I was disappointed that the In-Flight magazine was riddled with errors about Oman. The standouts were in an article about Bandar Khiran and its “placid bay” with “no sound pollution, vehicle pollution” . While the main photo was of Bandar Khiran; one of the others was of the residential area of Wadi Kabir (not a bit of water in sight should have been a give-away for the team responsible for the article ) and the other of Bandar Jissah – both many kilometers from Bandar Khiran - but both labeled up, Bandar Khiran
Oman Air Bandar Khiran
For any unsuspecting reader who relied on the “How to go” section – they would urgently need an accurate “How to get back” as the “How to go” section is seriously inaccurate !
Key factual errors were added for good measure about the Mausoleum at Qalhat ‘Bibi Miriam’. This was stated to have been built for a lady ‘Bibi Miriam’ – but was in fact built by her for her Turkish husband, who was the ruler of Qalhat & Hormuz at the start of the 14thC.
Despite all that I managed to get sleep and woke to the announcement that we were descending into Muscat .
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Swinging round we approached from the East and descended past Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque to land about 45 minutes early .
Categories: England · London · Muscat · Oman
Tagged: Oman, Muscat, Oman Air, Heathrow, Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Qalhat, Inflight, Errors, Bandar Khiran
Oman Air over Muscat
Frankfurt and Munich will be connected to Muscat by a direct Oman Air flight in September according to Reuters. Then, in October Oman Air will fly into Paris .
The London flights seem to be a success – my flight this June from Muscat to London was busy – Paris and the German cities are also natural links for Oman Airs target clients – holiday makers.
Categories: Muscat · Oman · Tour · Uncategorized
Tagged: Frankfurt, Munich, Muscat, Oman Air, Paris
Having only started flying direct from Gatwick to Muscat a year ago Oman Air has changed its flight schedule. Now it will fly direct, non stop, Heathrow to Muscat – from today. I took my first Gatwick flight for many years on Oman Air and found the Airport a good alternative to Heathrow.
It will be good to try out the new service and see what the difference is esp when they add an Airbus A330-300
Categories: London · Muscat · Oman
Tagged: Airbus A330-300, Heathrow, London Muscat Non stop flight, Muscat, Oman Air, مسقط, عمان
Oman Air will be flying into Muscat from Heathrow in 2009. I must admit that the schedule suits me well at Heathrow - leaving at 2130 and getting in to Muscat the following morning at 0845 – the flight from Muscat at 13.20 is equally good and arrives at Heathrow at 1740. But Gatwick I found, on what I have to say will probably be only my second visit in my life, was far easier to get around and the train in from Charing Cross was so easy. I don’t expect they will run both – or will they?
Update - new times (as of 30 Aug 2009 – are depart Heathrow 22.35 and arrive 09.15 and from Muscat to Heathrow depart 13.45 and arrive Heathrow 19.05
Categories: London · Muscat · Oman
Tagged: Gatwick, Heathrow, Muscat, Oman Air
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