Another Gulf carrier for SA?

OMAN Air has set its sights on
South Africa. The airline advertised
in The Star on January 27 that it was
looking for a “representative partner”
in the local market. “Ideally, your
organisation will be well-established
and able to demonstrate strong links
to the aviation and tourism-related
sectors,” the advert says.
Oman Air is the flagship carrier
of the Sultanate of Oman. The
airline currently operates direct
international flights from Muscat to
Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai,
Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Madina,
Tehran and Kuwait in the Gulf region,
as well as Cairo, Beirut and Amman
within the wider Middle East region.
It also flies to 11 destinations in
India; Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore
in Pakistan; Kathmandu in Nepal,
and Colombo in Sri Lanka, as well as
the Maldives, Bangkok, Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta,
Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Its
European destinations are London,
Milan, Munich, Frankfurt, Paris and
Zurich.