Salalah Airport

By Alan Dron
Oman's second-largest city draws tourists trying to catch milder weather brought by early summer monsoons.
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By David Casey
The planned additions come after the Saudi carrier grew seat capacity by 46% in 2022.
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By David Casey
Muscat-Prague is one of two new routes to the Czech Republic being launched by SalamAir.
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By Aaron Karp
The carrier is also laying the groundwork for a fifth new route to India.
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By David Casey
The airline is expanding its network in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East with five new services.
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By David Casey
Wizz Air is stepping up competition with Ryanair at Bari in southern Italy, while the Hungarian carrier’s Abu Dhabi offshoot is also growing.
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By David Casey
The agreement covers flights between the capital cities of Oman and Egypt, as well as onward domestic and international destinations.
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By Ben Goldstein
Including the latest additions, JetBlue customers now have access to more than 80 destinations in Qatar’s network from its main DOH hub.
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By David Casey
Qatar Airways plans to deepen cooperation with Oman Air and LATAM Airlines Brasil while also bringing forward the launch of its new route to Seattle.
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By Richard Maslen
The airline's first aircraft, an Airbus A320, arrived in Muscat on November 18, 2016 to coincide with the country’s National Day, which celebrates independence from Portuguese control in 1650. It will be followed by two additional aircraft to support its initial launch plans.
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By Laura Hamill
Muscat International Airport broke the one million passenger per month milestone in August 2015 in a strong year of growth for the largest two airports in the Sultanate of Oman.
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By Richard Maslen
The Gulf carrier received its first aircraft from the US manufacturer on October 7, 2015 and the aircraft entered service in the early hours of October 11, 2015 on the WY901 rotation between Muscat and Salalah. It operated three return flights on the route that day and is scheduled to repeat that schedule today (October 12, 2015) and through to the end of the month.
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By Richard Maslen
The new airport, which cost over 300 million Omani riyals, aims to enhance tourism given Salalah’s moderate weather during the summer attracts thousands of tourists from Oman and abroad. The project includes a passenger terminal, which will accommodate two million passengers per annum at the first stage and a 4km long main runway; which can accommodate even the largest airliners in the world.
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By Richard Maslen
With the additional flights, Qatar Airways will now have four early morning departures connecting via Doha to Europe and the Americas and four early evening departures connecting to flights in the Asia Pacific region. A mix of morning and evening flights means convenient connections for passengers from Salalah to key markets in the Qatar Airways’ route network of 146 destinations.
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By Richard Maslen
There are not many countries in the world where six new runways will be constructed and four brand new regional airports opened for traffic in a decade. But, that is exactly what is underway in the Sultanate of Oman over the past few years as the country seeks to diversify its economy away from relying on its oil and gas resources and to focus more on other sectors such as tourism and other areas of business.
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By Richard Maslen
Oman Airports Management Company, sponsor of this year’s World Routes Strategy Summit, has bold ambitions to expand as the Omani government undertakes
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By Richard Maslen
United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia is to increase the frequency of its flights between its base at Sharjah International Airport
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By Richard Maslen
Fast-expanding Middle East carrier Qatar Airways has revealed its fifth new destination for 2013 with confirmation it will launch a four times weekly
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