Oman Air is increasing capacity to the Indian sub-continent by leasing two additional Boeing 737-800s.
The two aircraft, in a 162-seat, two-class layout (12 business, 150 economy) are being wet-leased; Oman Air declined to reveal the lessor’s identity.
The move follows the November 2012 signing of MOUs between Oman, India and Pakistan to help meet increased demand for air services between the Arabian Gulf nation and the two Asian countries.
The two aircraft, which entered service earlier this month, will be used to increase daily services to double-daily from Muscat to Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad. They will also enable the Muscat-Lahore sector to increase its 4X-weekly service to daily and its 3X-weekly Muscat-Islamabad service to daily.
Oman Air operates 15 Boeing 737-800s. It is due to take delivery of a further six 737s from Boeing from 2014, while six 787 Dreamliners are scheduled to start arriving in 2015.
atwonline.com
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