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Muscat: Oman Air, the national airline, announced a fixed fare for citizens on flights between Muscat and Salalah even as its ongoing transformation plan resulted in a 36-per cent reduction in net...

MUSCAT: Travel must be high on the plans for some citizens and residents during the upcoming Eid al Fitr holidays, which are just two weeks from now.The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism in the...

Muscat: The Third Media Meeting to Review Developments in the Transformation Plan of Oman Air Company is being held today by Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and...

Muscat: The number of passengers passing through the airports of the Sultanate of Oman (arrivals, departures, and transit) exceeded 2.7 million at the end of February 2024, according to the National...

Muscat: The e-commerce giant, Amazon, has reported that in 2023, it stopped more than 700,000 bad actor attempts to create new selling accounts, stopping them before they were able to list a single...

Muscat: With the Eid al-Fitr holidays just two weeks from now, travel for a vacation has begun for citizens and residents keeping into account the general expectations that holidays in the second week...

MUSCAT: The expansion of the Muscat Expressway was initiated based on the studies regarding the traffic growth in the city by various competent agencies, including the Muscat Municipality, Royal Oman...

Muscat: The Consumer Protection Department in South Batinah Governorate in Barka recently conducted a successful operation and seized a group of expatriate workers involved in fraudulent activities at...

Muscat: The country's first electric SUV to be manufactured at Duqm will be ready for customers by the end of this year.The company, Mays, said through its social media account that the SUV brand...

Muscat: Ramadhan is the holy month for Muslims around the world, but it has the unique strength of bringing together people of all faiths.The finest example of this togetherness is the Gulf...

MUSCAT: At the time of its opening in 2010, Muscat Expressway was a showpiece for the road infrastructure development in the country, which in the subsequent years led to the opening of mega projects...

Muscat: The wholesalers and retailers at Mawaleh Central and Fruits Vegetable market are all set for relocation, probably by the second half of this year.Speaking to Observer, the merchants at the...

MUSCAT: The Muscat Municipality floated a major tender for the expansion of Muscat Expressway, the main carriageway in the capital city, on Wednesday.Once completed, the project will reflect...

Muscat: The flexible working hours were introduced in 2023 to ease traffic on the main roads such as Sultan Qaboos Street and the Muscat Expressway, but are they serving the purpose?As the holy...

Muscat: With only a few weeks left for the Eid al-Fitr holidays, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has urged citizens and residents to make sure that their identification documents are valid and renew them...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman will mark the first day of spring astronomically tomorrow, March 20, according to an official statement.The phenomenon of the summer solstice is expected to be around on...

MUSCAT: The blood banks in the Sultanate of Oman are facing severe shortages during the holy month of Ramadhan as they have received only 308 donors for blood and 24 for platelets against the...

Muscat: During the holy month of Ramadan, the Central Blood Bank in Muscat needs more than 2,700 blood and 260 platelet donors to meet patients' needs for blood and its components.It may be noted that...

Muscat: With the GCC countries planning unified tourism promotion strategies, including a single visa scheme, there are lots of opportunities in the logistics and tourism sectors in the Sultanate of...

Muscat: To bring more investment to the private health sector, the Ministry of Health slashed charges to set up hospitals in Oman. The recent decision of Dr Hilal al Sabti, the Minister of Health,...