DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) will add four services to Salalah, Oman’s second largest city, by next February to take its flights per week to the tourist destination to eight, the airline announced yesterday.
With effect from December 16, QA, is offering three additional flights per week, and from February 3, another flight per week will be introduced to make it more convenient for people to visit the city.
QA commenced services to Salalah in May last year, its second destination in Oman after the capital city, Muscat. With Muscat served 28 times-a-week and Salalah four-times-a-week, additional flights to Salalah will take QA’s capacity across Oman to 36 weekly services.
QA Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said the launch of additional flights demonstrated the carrier’s strong regional network with many flight scheduling options to choose from.
“We are delighted to announce the increase in flights to the popular leisure destination of Salalah that has a tremendous appeal for visitors across the Gulf, Europe, the US 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,” he said.
With the additional flights, Salalah will 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 QA’s route network of 146 destinations.The Peninsula
