Because the Center East winners are unveiled on the World Journey Awards, Breaking Journey Information speaks to Abdulaziz Al Raisi, chief govt of Oman Air, about taking plenty of high titles.
Breaking Journey Information: The place does Oman Air stand with rebuilding its community within the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic? Are departures near reaching 2019 ranges?
Abdulaziz Al Raisi: The extreme discount in international passenger demand attributable to the pandemic in addition to journey restrictions throughout our community have led to a short lived suspension of a few of our routes, and restricted frequency on remaining routes.
As vaccination charges decide up globally, we intention to more and more reopen our routes – nonetheless, it will rely upon the stress-free of journey restrictions worldwide and the gradual restoration of world demand for air journey.
We may even proceed to strengthen relationships with our codeshare companions to supply our visitors much more locations to fly to.
Our major goal is to determine routes that join Oman to the world, contribute to Oman’s economic system, and promote tourism, enterprise journey to Oman and Oman as a vacation spot.
Lastly, we plan on streamlining our fleet of plane by changing and retiring older plane with newer plane providing higher gas effectivity and fewer emissions whereas enhancing passenger consolation.
BTN: What measures are Oman Air taking to maintain passengers protected within the wake of the pandemic?
AAR: Elevated well being and security requirements have been an integral a part of Oman Air’s visitor expertise for the reason that onset of the Covid-19 pandemic early final yr, and have since remained on the forefront of the airline’s operational priorities.
Oman Air was fast to answer the well being challenges led to by the pandemic – not solely on board our plane however throughout our complete visitor expertise – and safeguarding the flying public within the face of unprecedented disaster continues to information the airline’s restoration plans and reassures our passengers that they’ll fly with confidence.
Oman Air and our holidays division proudly show the Secure Travels stamp from the World Journey & Tourism Council (WTTC).
BTN: The provider just lately boosted flights to Salalah for the Khareef season – how essential is home tourism to the provider?
AAR: Home tourism in Oman is a crucial a part of our enterprise, particularly in Khasab, a well-liked port metropolis on northern Oman’s breath-taking Musandam peninsula, and Salalah in Oman’s southern Dhofar province, a vacation spot famend for its spectacular seashores and luxurious, inexperienced panorama throughout monsoon season (Khareef).
Each locations are massive attracts amongst vacationers within the GCC in addition to Europeans searching for distinctive experiences within the Center East.
Each locations are simply accessible from Muscat Worldwide Airport, with comparatively brief flying occasions making them supreme for day journeys or in a single day stays.
As infrastructure initiatives in different elements of Oman are accomplished, we count on to see elevated demand for home journey—each amongst locals trying to discover their very own yard, and worldwide travellers looking for to enterprise past Muscat.
BTN: Oman Air has been honoured with the titles of Center East’s Main Airline – Buyer Expertise and Center East’s Main Airline on the World Journey Awards – how does it really feel to have taken such prestigious titles?
AAR: We’re extraordinarily honoured and happy with this prestigious win which confirms Oman Air’s exhausting work to offer an distinctive journey expertise to its visitors.
This win will inspire our devoted crew to proceed making certain that each Oman Air passenger experiences the very best services and products.
BTN: What do you assume it was that caught the attention of voters – what’s it that separates Oman Air from its opponents within the area?
AAR: Oman Air presents a novel expression of Omani hospitality, tradition and id.
We additionally deal with each facet of the passenger expertise to offer a premium and private journey journey that meets the wants of our visitors.
That is what distinguishes Oman Air from its opponents.
BTN: Oman just lately outlined its imaginative and prescient for 2040, constructing a diversified economic system to face the longer term. The place does Oman Air, because the nationwide provider match into the plan?
AAR: Imaginative and prescient 2040 envisions tourism as one of many key pillars of financial diversification.
The sultanate’s attractiveness as a vacationer vacation spot is obvious: an enviable location between Asia, Africa and Europe places two third of the world’s inhabitants inside eight hours flying time, one third inside 4; the sultanate is without doubt one of the most secure and most safe locations on this planet – not simply within the area – and presents distinctive nature, local weather, leisure, tradition and historical past.
Oman Air performs a significant position in Oman’s Imaginative and prescient 2040 technique by connecting inbound vacationers from supply worldwide markets to Oman’s tourism ecosystem.
Aviation feeds the tourism sector as a lot as tourism feeds aviation, and each sectors share a standard goal – entice extra worldwide travellers to Oman and diversify the economic system for sustainable progress.
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