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AIRLINES<br />
Air Canada<br />
launches non-stop<br />
Montreal-Tokyo<br />
direct flights<br />
Oman Air to launch daily flights<br />
to Istanbul and Moscow<br />
MONTREAL: Using its<br />
flagship aircraft Boeing 787<br />
Dreamliner, Air Canada<br />
launched on <strong>June</strong> 1 its nonstop<br />
direct flight between<br />
Montreal and Tokyo via<br />
Narita International Airport.<br />
The airline said the flights<br />
will operate yearround—daily<br />
during summer<br />
peak travel and three times a<br />
week during winter.<br />
The new transpacific service<br />
from its Montreal hub is<br />
designed to optimize<br />
connectivity to several<br />
Canadian and US<br />
cities—Quebec City, Ottawa,<br />
Halifax, Charlottetown,<br />
Boston, Philadelphia and<br />
Orlando.<br />
Air Canada's Boeing 787<br />
Dreamliner planes offer<br />
comfortable ergonomic<br />
seating and enhanced<br />
definition intuitive touch<br />
personal entertainment<br />
screens. Its Signature Class<br />
has 180-degree lie-flat seats<br />
in configuration<br />
guaranteeing direct aisle<br />
access.<br />
MUSCAT: Oman Air is launching its<br />
new daily flights between Muscat<br />
and Istanbul on <strong>June</strong> 1 and is also<br />
s et to commence s er vice to<br />
Moscow on October 28, 2018.<br />
The airline's Holidays Division has<br />
come up with exciting holiday<br />
packages offering tickets, hotel<br />
s t a y, a i r p o r t t r a n s f e r s a n d<br />
excursions at very competitive<br />
rates to support the new service.<br />
Omanis travelling to Istanbul are<br />
eligible for visa on arrival.<br />
T h e I s t a n b u l s e r v i c e w i l l b e<br />
operated by a Boeing 737-800 and<br />
will depart daily from Muscat to<br />
Istanbul Atatürk International<br />
Airport.<br />
The new route between Oman and<br />
Turkey will strengthen bilateral<br />
r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e t w o<br />
countries, enhance trading and<br />
tourism prospects and enable<br />
Oman Air's guests to explore one of<br />
the world's most thriving cities, the<br />
airline said.<br />
The new daily flight to Moscow<br />
Domodedovo Airport, meanwhile,<br />
will be operated by a Boeing 737<br />
MAX 8 with an estimated flight time<br />
of 5 hours and 55 minutes, offering<br />
12 seats in Business Class and 150<br />
in Economy.<br />
Oman Air has opened reservation<br />
for its planned service to Russia.<br />
This comes in tandem with the<br />
recent announcement made by the<br />
Royal Oman Police (ROP) affirming<br />
that citizens of Iran, Russia and<br />
China have been added to the list of<br />
nationalities that can enter the<br />
Sultanate on a tourist visa without a<br />
local sponsor.<br />
The route will be the only non-stop<br />
operation between Oman and<br />
Russia benefitting both business<br />
and leisure travelers, in addition to<br />
offering seamless connections via<br />
Oman Air hub to destinations<br />
across the globe.<br />
In <strong>June</strong>, Oman Air will also receive<br />
the first of its three 787 - 9<br />
D r e a m l i n e r o n o r d e r, w h i c h<br />
f e a t u r e s a t h r e e c l a s s<br />
configuration. Oman Air, the<br />
S u l t a n a t e' s a w a r d - w i n n i n g<br />
national airline unveiled the new<br />
First Class Private Suite of its<br />
Dreamliner on the opening day of<br />
the Arabian Travel Market 2018.
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