Oman Air, which is the national flag carrier of Oman, plans to increase its flights and to introduce larger aircrafts on Chittagong- Muscat route to cope with the increased number of passengers.
“The airliner will also further expedite its e-ticketing, boarding and checking system for the passengers,” said Ashraful Kabir, country manager of Oman Air in Bangladesh.
He was briefing the travel agents and tour operators at a restaurant in the city on Saturday night.
“As most of the Bangladeshi expatriates in Oman are from Chittagong, we were running a flight in this route for five days in a week since 2007 but we have introduced a every-day flight in 2010, amid huge demand,’’ he said.
“A Bowing 737-new generation aircraft is now running on this route everyday, which can carry up to 156 passengers.”
Apart from Chittagong-Muscat route, the airliner also serves facilities to the passengers who travel to 41 destinations of Middle East and Europe, he added.
The briefing was attended, among others, by Major (retd.) Syed Mahmud Hasan, managing director of GAS of Oman Air, Abu Taher and Md Jamal Uddin, President and Secretary of ATAB, and Pintu Bhattacharjee, sales manager of Oman Air.