Oman Air Confirms Moscow Launch Delay

Oman Air has confirmed that it will delay the launch of its proposed new Muscat – Moscow Domodedovo route until November 16, as reported on our TheHUBRoutes twitter feed earlier this month. The Gulf carrier had originally planned to launch the four times weekly service on June 9.

This will be its sixth European destination adding to its existing flights to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Milan, Munich and Paris. All of these routes are operated using Airbus A330-200 and A330-300 widebodies, but Oman Air plans to use a two-class Boeing 737-800 on the flight to the Russian capital. Approximately 3,000 O&D passengers travelled between Muscat and Moscow in the past year, with no airline currently offering direct scheduled links between the destinations.

On a more positive note, Oman Air will increase its flights to Dubai with a new twice weekly service from Salalah resuming on May 1 and a seventh daily frequency from Muscat starting on July 1. Around 412,000 O&D passengers travelled between Muscat and Dubai in the past year, with Oman Air holding a 57 per cent share of this traffic, utilising a mix of Boeing 737s and Embraer 175s on its flights.

Schedule:

Muscat – Moscow Domodedovo

WY171 MCT1100 – 1600DME 738 37
WY173 MCT1300 – 1800DME 738 14
WY172 DME1700 – 2335MCT 738 37
WY174 DME1900 – 0135+1MCT 738 14

Salalah – Dubai
WY617 SLL1055 – 1255DXB 73G 6
WY617 SLL1630 – 1830DXB 738 3
WY618 DXB1345 – 1545SLL 73G 6
WY618 DXB1920 – 2120SLL 738 3

Muscat – Dubai
WY619 MCT1715 – 1820DXB E75 D
WY620 DXB1915 – 2020MCT E75 D

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing April 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.