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    Cargolux and Oman Air extend partnership with Mumbai flights

    2016-02-24T10:57:39Z

    Cargolux and Oman Air are expanding their partnership with the addition of two weekly flights to Mumbai.The first service heads from Luxembourg to Bahrain before connecting with Mumbai, while the second flight goes from Luxembourg to Kuwait and then Muscat before heading to Mumbai.Oman Air chief operating officer Abdulrahman Al ...

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    Swissport lands Oman Air ground handling role

    2015-09-02T16:01:45Z

    Swissport International is to take over Oman Air’s cargo handling at London Heathrow, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle. It will take over full cargo handling services for Oman Air at London Heathrow on 3 September followed by a phased transition at the other three stations, with completion by ...

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    Oman Air and Cargolux add second service to Indian air cargo partnership

    2015-08-11T12:45:46Z

    Oman Air and Cargolux have added an extra frequency to their freighter partnership between Oman and India, and say they plan to add further destinations to the tie-up in the future.The two airlines announced this morning that they would today add a second weekly flight between Chennai and Muscat.Cargolux said ...

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    Cargolux links up with Oman Air

    2015-03-11T09:56:35Z

    Oman Air has signed a Letter of Intent with Cargolux that enables the European all-cargo carrier to use the Middle East airline's facilities in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar.The agreement includes the launch, on April 15, of Cargolux full freighter services from Luxembourg to India via Oman. The formal signing of ...

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    Oman Air plans venture with cargo operator

    2015-02-27T09:46:49Z

    Oman Air is due to announce details, by the end of October, of a new joint venture with a large freighter operator. Specifics of the deal are still unknown, but the last time the Middle Eastern airline did something similar was in March 2013 when it signed an agreement with ...

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    Oman Air appoints Air Cargo Logistics in France

    2015-02-24T16:22:35Z

    Oman Air has appointed Air Cargo Logistics as its exclusive general sales and service agent (GSSA) in France.With effect from January 2015, Air Cargo Logistics will provide the Omani national carrier with full cargo sales, marketing and customer service activities across France.Oman Air currently operates four A330 flights a week ...

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    Oman Air expands fleet to 30

    2013-02-12T11:38:18Z

    OMAN Air has expanded its fleet of B737-800s with the introduction of two additional aircraft, bringing the airline’s total fleet strength to 30.The expansion follows shortly after the Sultanate of Oman and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to meet increased demand for air services between the two countries. ...

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    Oman Air’s 47 per cent cargo hike

    2012-06-22T11:43:32Z

    OMAN Air (OA) celebrates a record-breaking 47 per cent hike in cargo revenues during the first five of months of 2012 – the most successful period in the airline’s history.The carrier also reveals freight volumes grew 33 per cent between January and May this year.Wayne Pearce, Oman’s chief executive officer, ...

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    Fuel costs hit Oman Air

    2012-06-18T19:41:52Z

    OMAN Air reported a loss of RO110m (US$285.6m) during 2011 on the back of a 38 per cent increase in fuel, which cost the company RO37m ($96m).However, freight tonnage grew 13 per cent, with a knock-on revenues increase of 28 per cent – RO4.1m ($10.6m).Despite the overall losses, Darwish bin ...