Muscat, May 12 - Oman Air will commence new daily flights from Muscat to Istanbul from June 1 as part of its fleet and network expansion programme. The airline is offering fares that start from RO 99 for economy class, while the airline’s holidays’ division has also come up with holiday packages offering tickets, hotel stay, airport transfers and excursions at competitive rate. Omanis travelling to Istanbul are eligible for visa on arrival.
The new route comes ahead of other new routes — to Casablanca and Moscow — set to launch in July and October of this year respectively.
The Istanbul service will be operated by a Boeing 737-800 and will depart daily from Muscat to Istanbul Atatürk International Airport.
With a flight time of 5 hours and 25 minutes, Flight WY163 will depart Muscat daily at 8 pm, arriving in Istanbul at 12.25 am. The return flight WY164 will depart Istanbul daily at 1.25 am, arriving at Muscat International Airport at 7.25 am.
The new route between Oman and Turkey will strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, enhance the trading and tourism prospects and enable Oman Air’s guests to explore one of the world’s most thriving cities. Oman Air is operating up to 200 flights per day from the new state-of-the-art passenger terminal in Muscat. The airline also flies to nine destinations in the GCC states, 11 in India and seven in Europe, apart from its Indian Sub-Continent, Far East and MENA destinations, providing guests with more choices and easy connections across its network. Oman Air is currently undergoing a fleet and network expansion programme, which will see the airline operate up to 66 aircraft to around 60 destinations by 2022.
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