Oman Air

[User001]

Times for the flights

WY105 1405 MCT 1920 MAN
WY106 2050 MAN 0730 MCT

B788 daily from 1st April.

 

[ethanegcc]

Flights to go on sale 15th September.

Arrives 1920 departs 2050 daily B787-8 uses T2.

Are flights still on track to be on sale in 5 days time?

 

[User001]

As far as I know.

 

[ethanegcc]

As far as I know.

Great! I would love to experience what is supposed to be a very reputable airline. They are however leasing some Kenya Airways 787-8s which have an inferior product to WY's. Let's just hope it is the original WY 788s operating to MAN.

 

[ethanegcc]

The flights aren't yet bookable on Oman Air's website, despite User001 saying they were supposed to be bookable 15th Sept. Are they still supposed to be bookable, if not now, when?

Hope there aren't any delays to the service, given Emirates will carry 1m passengers this year, it would be interesting to see how many of those passengers were connecting to destinations that could now be available via Oman Air?

 

[User001]

There has been a delay as not all contracts have been signed

 

[ethanegcc]

Okay, do you know when they will be fully bookable and confirmed by the airport?

MAG need to do some advertising on this - Oman Air have confirmed it on their press releases.

 

[User001]

No indications at this time, but still on for a 1st April launch.

MAN will probably advertise once flights are bookable, wasting resources advertising something people can't buy at this time.

 

[User001]

Oman Air gave a press conference today outlining in general, where the company is, and where it's going.

One of the quotes direct from the CEO in this conference was that a daily Manchester flight would be the highlight of the summer 2017 schedule.

Thus, now it's come from the CEO, it should be bookable soon. The Oman air website states it will be down later on tonight, so, hopefully Manchester will appear when it comes back on.

 

[Dobbo]

Good to hear.

However (in typical British style) the words "of our summer schedule" jump out. Is the plan for it to be seasonal? If so that would be odd for a gulf carrier.

Link below:

http://timesofoman.com/article/93033/Oman/Transport/Oman-Air-to-fly-to-Manchester-in-2017

 

[User001]

No it's not seasonal, it's just highlighting that they are finalising the summer schedules and that MAN is a highlight of that.

 

[Dobbo]

Good to hear and thanks for the update once more.

 

[ethanegcc]

Great that it is now confirmed by a CEO and hopefully be bookable soon!

CAN is also being launched on 9th Dec, how do the times tie in I wonder?
The range of connections are superb, I am confident Oman Air will advertise this. Will MAG confirm it soon then User and are the times going to be similar to previously mentioned?

 

[User001]

No worries. There is t really anything new, but, given its been a while since the initial announcement and it's gone quiet, it was to rest assure that everything is still progressing

 

[ethanegcc]

No worries. There is t really anything new, but, given its been a while since the initial announcement and it's gone quiet, it was to rest assure that everything is still progressing

So do you think it may be bookable after thewebsite 'maintenance'?

I certainly hope so just to make it completely 'official'!

 

[Comet]

Its good to hear the CEO talking about the flights. The article does however say its still subject to Board approval so not quite definite yet but I would hope the board will be a formality.

 

[User001]

Board approval will be fine. Not a worry at all.

 

[Dobbo]

It would be a very disjointed board if the CEO makes public comment on this only to be shot down after the event. I'm sure they will have a consensus on this.

 

[ethanegcc]

Board approval will be fine. Not a worry at all.

Reassuring to hear but I suppose this means no booking for a while again. Fingers crossed for before Christmas - I was getting my hopes up for tonight as I am looking forward to seeing the prices, great potential for a holiday!

 

[User001]

I have no evidence that the route was to go on sale tonight, I merely commented that there had been this conference today and the website just happens to be down tonight.