Oman Air has announced that it has increased flight between Muscat – Salalah route. Nearly 50,000 passengers flew on the route, an increase of more than 20,000 compared with August-September 2011. The extra flights accounted for 40 per cent of the total number of people travelling to Salalah with Oman Air and the extraordinary demand for travel also resulted in an impressive average seat factor of 88% for this festive period. Oman Air has recorded a huge surge in traffic between Muscat and Salalah during August and September this year, resulting from increasing demand at the end of the Holy month of Ramadan, the Eid festivities as well as the natural attraction of the Dhofar Khareef season.