Oman Airports Welcomes new airline “Caspian Airlines” to Muscat International Airport
Oman Airports’ warmly welcomes new Airline “Caspian Airlines “now operating at Muscat International Airport on a scheduled flight offering one direct service every two weeks between Chah-Bahar and Muscat / Muscat to Chah-Bahar using a MD- 83 aircraft. Caspian Airlines is now the 32rd airline operating at Muscat International Airport.
The first flight was operated on Monday the 2rd of November, 2015 at 13:40 (Muscat local time); making it Oman Airports’ 62rd destination worldwide reaching up to 30 countries. Oman Airports celebrated the first landing of Caspian Airlines at Muscat International Airport; rejoicing this historical day with sheikh Aimen bin Ahmed Al hosni Oman Airports CEO , route development representatives from the commercial department, and with Caspian Airline representatives. The celebration started with cake cutting and pictures taken by the Media at the existing Muscat International Airport terminal.
Caspian Airlines was founded in Tehran in 1993 and since then has been flying primarily on domestic routes, or short and medium-haul routes to destinations in the Middle East and Europe. Its main base is Chah-Bahar International Airport in Tehran and flies regularly to more than 15 destinations such as Dubai, Yerevan, Sharjah, Mahshahr, Damascus, Tbilisi, Tabriz, and Muscat, Oman. Oman Airports and Caspian Airlines are jointly looking forward to working closely together and make this new partnership a growing success.
Oman Airports Management Company have witnessed an encouraging success rate in terms of passenger numbers in comparison to 2014. The active passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport throughout the period from January to October, 2015, recorded total growth of 7,602,169 passengers, in comparison to 2014, which had an overall increase of 6,605,147 recording 15% over the same period last year. The Airline Marketing team at the commercial department at Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) are working closely with airlines and local aviation stakeholders to guarantee additional frequencies, new destinations and an outstanding customer experience to all travelers travelling to the Sultanate of Oman.