Oman Air launches four flights a week to Phuket
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is to start four flights a week between Muscat and Phuket, one of Thailand’s most popular resort islands, starting from November 15 2022. The flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Tuesday flight from Muscat will depart at 09:40 and arrive in Phuket […]
Oman Air increases flights between Muscat and Turkish destinations
Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman’s national airline, has increased flights between Muscat and its Turkish destinations (Istanbul and Trabzon) in response to exceptional demand. Based on the table below, the airline has increased frequencies between Muscat and Trabzon from 3 weekly flights to 5 weekly flights, and between Muscat and Istanbul from 7 weekly […]
Panalpina to enter Oman with Muscat office
Panalpina will launch operations in Oman in the third quarter of 2019, having previously been represented by an agent. The Oman office will be based in Muscat and cover core activities such as airfreight, ocean freight and customs clearance. The registration of Panalpina Oman has been completed with minority shareholder Daoud Group, a family-owned Omani […]
Oman Air moves into upgraded cargo terminal in Muscat
Oman Air Cargo has upgraded its cargo hub facility at the new Muscat International Air Cargo Terminal, which can handle 350,000 tonnes of cargo per annum. The facility features a 22,780 square metre air conditioned warehouse and other features include 367 pallet or 734 container configurations for unit load device storage over three levels as […]
Oman to abandon paper airfreight documents this month
Media reports in Muscat are saying that from April 15, all airfreight documentation in Oman will be activated online. The Times of Oman is citing a statement issued online by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) that the process of attaching airfreight documents will be activated electronically through the Bayan online system, with all paper documents […]
Cargo sales soar in 2017 for Oman Air Cargo
Cargo sales are up 27 per cent at Muscat-based Oman Air Cargo this year compared to the same time in 2016. Senior vice president for commercial cargo, Mohammed Al Musafir (pictured below) says: “Provided this trend continues until the end of December, with all relevant indicators supporting this expectation, we should end up somewhere in […]
Oman Air signs ULD outsourcing contract with Jettainer
Oman Air Cargo has signed a five year unit load device (ULD) outsourcing contract with Jettainer, effective from today (5 October 2017). The airline will utilise lightweight ULDs constructed from carbon fibre as well as partly recycled composite materials, which Jettainer says will result in reducing CO2 emissions, improve payload and increase fuel efficiency. Jettainer’s […]
60 Seconds with Mohammed Al Musafir
Oman Air Cargo has major plans to grow its cargo share in the Middle East and take on the heavweight carriers in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Air Cargo Week spoke to senior vice president for commercial cargo, Mohammed Al Musafir about how business is at the Muscat-based airline and where it is […]
Etihad Cargo remains flat in 2016
Etihad Cargo volumes remained flat in 2016 at 592,700 tonnes despite passenger traffic growing eight per cent over the same period. The airline expanded its freighter only network to 15 destinations with flights to Columbus Rickenbacker in Ohio, US; new European flights to East Midlands, London Stansted, Copenhagen and Brussels, African flights to Addis Ababa […]
IAG Cargo to increase Middle East capacity
IAG Cargo is to increase capacity to the Middle East by splitting Abu Dhabi and Muscat flights and Bahrain and Doha services into four separate flights. The group says separating the services will increase capacity to the region by 83 per cent. To Abu Dhabi route will be served daily by a Boeing 787-9, which […]
Muscat sees 7% growth in Q1
Muscat International Airport has seen cargo volumes increase by seven per cent in the first quarter of 2016 to 34,759.8 tonnes. The airport says Oman Air and Cargolux Airlines International extended their partnership in February to cover twice weekly operations to Mumbai. They had been operating a partnership from Chennai to Muscat connecting on to […]
IAG Cargo starts using Boeing 787-9 on London – Delhi service
IAG Cargo has started using its first Boeing 787-9 on its London – Delhi service, to take advantage of India’s growing pharma industry. The aircraft, operated by British Airways from Heathrow Airport, provides up to 22 tonnes of cargo capacity a day. The Boeing 787-9 has can carry seven cargo pallets, and IAG Cargo says […]
