Salalah Air set for a November launch
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Oman’s newest airline, Salalah Air, will start operating short-haul domestic services across the Sultanate from November, the carrier’s CEO and founder has said.
In an interview with The Times of Oman, Sam Owen said the airline would link the capital of Dhofar Governorate with other destinations in Oman, before rolling out charter services to capital cities in the GCC.
The CEO also said that charter services would eventually be extended to East Africa via cooperation with Spice Island Air, a Zanzibar-based airline.
The carrier is expecting its first aircraft in November, at which point it will commence operations between Salalah and Sohar.
Over the next five years, the airline’s fleet size will grow to 22 comprising a mixture of Airvan 8, Dornier 228 NG and Pilatus PC12 aircraft.
“We will bring passengers to the Muscat and Salalah international airports and provide a connecting service for Oman Air and Salam Air, to and from tourist destinations, including by a plane,” Owen told the newspaper.
Earlier this month, Oman’s civil aviation authority granted preliminary approval to Salalah Air to start operations in the country, the Times of Oman reported.
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