Oman Air
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| Founded | 1981 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Muscat International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dubai International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Sindbad Frequent Flyer | ||||||
| Fleet size | 18 (+ 13 orders) | ||||||
| Destinations | 29 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Oman | ||||||
| Headquarters | Muscat, Oman | ||||||
| Key people | Peter Hill(CEO)[1] | ||||||
| Website | http://www.omanair.aero | ||||||
Oman Air SAOC (Arabic: الطيران العماني) is the national airline of Oman. Based in Muscat, Oman it operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services, as well as providing local air taxi and charter flights. Its main base is Muscat International Airport, Muscat.
Oman Air is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
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. As of May 2009, the Omani government now holds a 97.6% majority stake in the airline, while the remaining 2.4% is in the hands of other investors.[1]
In March 2007, the Omani government recapitalised the airline, which saw the government increasing its stake in the airline from approximately 33% to 80%,[2] It was also announced that Oman Air would be re-evaluating its strategic plans, with a possibility of entering the long-hual market[2]. This culminated in the announcement by the government in May 2007 that it would be pulling out of Gulf Air, and would instead concentrate on developing Oman Air.[3]
Oman Air commenced its first long haul services on November 26, 2007 by launching Bangkok and London.[4][5] With the arrival of its new Airbus A330-200/300 aircraft later this year and the expansion of its existing fleet, the airline is planning to start flying to Frankfurt, Munich and Paris in Europe and Colombo and Malé in South Asia.[6]
Destinations
As of May 2009 Oman Air operates 267 flights every week across its network of 29 destinations in 13 countries from it's primary hub in Muscat. In 2009 Oman Air will fly to five more destinations. In 2009, Oman Air will announce in June-July that it will have direct flights from Muscat to Manila, the information of the aircraft and frequency have not yet been published but it will be announced soon.
| Destination | Frequency (per week) |
Aircraft | Commencing | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt, Germany | 4 | Airbus A330 | 17 September 2009 | [7] |
| Munich, Germany | 3 | Airbus A330 | 29 September 2009 | [8] |
| Paris, France | 4 | Airbus A330 | 11 October 2009 | [9] |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | 4 | Boeing 737-800 | 12 October 2009 | [10] |
| Malé, Maldives | 4 | Boeing 737-800 | 12 October 2009 | [11] |
| Manila, Philippines | 2 | Airbus A330 | August 2009 | [12] |
Codeshare agreements
Oman Air has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[13]
Fleet
The Oman Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2009) [2]:
| Type | Total | Passenger (Business/Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A310-304 | 2 | 196 (18/176) | operated by Hifly To be returned 2009 Replacement Aircraft: Airbus A330-300 |
| Airbus A330-243 | 2 (2 orders) | Deliveries: 2009-2011 2 are being leased for 6 months from Jet Airways until deliveries of their own Airbus A330s commence. | |
| Airbus A330-343 | (4 orders) | Deliveries: 2009-2011 | |
| ATR 42-500 | 2 | 46 All Economy |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | 114 (12/102) |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 11(1 order) | 154 (12/142) |
Deliveries: 2008-2009 |
| Boeing 787-8 | (6 to be leased) | All on lease from ALAFCO[14] Deliveries: 2012-2015 | |
| Total Fleet | 18 + (13 Orders) |
On April 2, 2007, Oman Air announced it had placed a firm order with Airbus for five Airbus A330 aircraft for delivery in 2009. At the Dubai Air Show 2007, Oman Air finalised the order, which involved 3 A330-300's and 2 A330-200's.
In February 2009, Oman Air announced intentions to lease 2 A330-200 from Jet Airways.
References
- ^ Fact Sheet
- ^ a b Kaminski-Morrow, David (19 March 2007). "Oman Air goes long-haul". Airline Business. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Oman looks to its local carrier after Gulf Air move". Flight International. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Expansion 2007". Oman Air. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Expansion 2007". Oman Air. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Expansion 2009". Oman Air. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ http://www.omanair.aero/wy/aboutus/aboutus_media_center/about_media_presrelses/releases_262.htm
- ^ http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/2009/05/oman-air-launches-munich-in-sep-09.html
- ^ http://www.omanair.aero/wy/aboutus/aboutus_media_center/about_media_presrelses/releases_262.htm
- ^ http://www.omanair.aero/wy/aboutus/aboutus_media_center/about_media_presrelses/releases_262.htm
- ^ http://www.omanair.aero/wy/aboutus/aboutus_media_center/about_media_presrelses/releases_262.htm
- ^ http://www.omanair.aero/wy/ffp/miles_details/miles_details.htm
- ^ "Codeshare Partner". Oman Air. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ Oman Air to lease six 787s | Travel and Aviation
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