Oman Air cancels more than 450 flights in April

Muscat: A total of 630 flights have been cancelled by Oman Air since the company announced the suspension of all Boeing 737 Max airplanes operating into and out of the country

Since the March 12^th announcement of the suspension, Oman Air has cancelled a total of 176 flights. Following that decision, Oman Air has also announced the cancellation of 454 flights between April 1 to 30.

The national airline said: “As a result of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation directives on suspending operations of Boeing 737 Max, we have cancelled the following flights in the period between 28^th March to 30^th April 2019. We are rebooking guests on the next available flights to their destinations. We advise all our guests who are due to travel during the same period to check the flight status or contact our call centre +96824531111."

The flights that are set to be cancelled are destined to, Calicut, Salalah, Saudi Arabia, Zanzibar, Karachi, Hyderabad, Riyadh and Salalah.

Thousands of passengers who were scheduled to fly on Oman Air, either to their final destinations, or to take connecting flights, were concerned about whether their travel plans would be disrupted. according to Oman Air.

The news came in the wake of two fatal incidents in the space of a few months involving Max aircraft. The Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes both claimed the lives of all people on board.