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The second largest Omani city, Salalah, will see Qatar Airways adding four new services by February. |
With effect from yesterday, the airline is offering three additional flights per week, and from February 3, 2015, another additional flight
per week.
A total of eight flights per week make it even easier and more convenient for passengers to visit this vibrant tourist destination in Oman, the airline said in a statement.
Qatar Airways commenced services to Salalah in May 2013, its second destination in Oman after the capital, Muscat. With Muscat already served 28 times a week and Salalah four times a week, the additional flights to Salalah will take Qatar Airways’ capacity across Oman to a total of 36 weekly services.
Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar al-Baker said the launch of additional Salalah flights demonstrated the airline’s strong regional network with many flight scheduling
options to choose from.
“We are extremely delighted to announce the increase in flights to the popular leisure destination of Salalah, which has a tremendous appeal for visitors across the Gulf, Europe, the Untired States and other countries.
“Thousands of tourists visit Salalah every year and we look forward to contributing to help further boost leisure and business tourism while providing travellers from Oman with greater choice and more flying options.”
With the additional flights, Salalah 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, the statement adds.
The Salalah-Doha route is operated with an Airbus A320.
