Oman Air makes its maiden flight to Maldives

National Airline of Oman, Oman Air made its maiden flight to Maldives yesterday.

The flight which took off from Muscat, capital city of Oman, brought tourists from Germany, France and 81 other tourists from various Middle Eastern countries.

Oman Air will take pilgrims from Sisilfaru Hajj Group to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj.

The four weekly flights to both Maldives and Sri Lanka by Oman Air was initially scheduled to be inaugurated on the 10 October of this year using its brand new fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft but was delayed as they were unable to secure approval from Sri Lankan authorities.

Oman Air currently operates direct international flights to major Gulf destinations such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait and Riyadh from Muscat. The airline also flies to ten destinations in India – Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kozhikode and Jaipur. Oman Air flies to Chittagong in Bangladesh and Karachi, London, Bangkok, Cairo, Beirut and Amman.

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