Oman Air launched five new routes in the space of a week in July, adding Singapore, Sochi, Tashkent, a Dubai-Salalah link and Abu Dhabi to bring its network to 49 destinations, the carrier said in a press release.
Direct flights to Singapore and Sochi began on July 2, followed by Tashkent and the airline’s first Dubai-Salalah connection on July 3. Daily Abu Dhabi services start on July 9.
Singapore operates four times weekly, Tashkent twice weekly, Sochi once weekly and Dubai-Salalah three times weekly, all year-round on Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
“The launch of five new routes in a single month marks a defining moment for Oman Air. It reflects not only the pace of our transformation but also our ambition to connect Oman to more of the world than ever before,” chief executive officer Con Korfiatis said.
The inaugural Sochi flight was welcomed at Sochi International Airport by Hamood Salim Al Towaiya, Oman’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, alongside officials and partners. The Black Sea resort becomes the carrier’s second Russian destination after Moscow, which it serves with up to 11 weekly flights. Charter services between Moscow and Salalah, launched in December 2025, are expected to bring more than 7,000 Russian visitors to Dhofar this season.
The weekly Sochi rotation departs Muscat at 20:05 every Thursday, arriving at 23:30 local time, with the return leg landing back in Muscat at 05:55, in time for morning connections across the carrier’s network.
The expansion follows 18 months of network growth that included joining the oneworld alliance in June 2025 and new services to Amsterdam, Rome and Taif. Oman Air carried 5.8mn passengers in 2025, up 8% on 2024 and 57% above 2022 levels, with inbound point-to-point traffic rising 34%.
Oman welcomed 3.9mn international visitors in 2025, up around 3% year on year, according to the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism.
Why it matters for the trade
Five routes in a week is an unusually concentrated burst even by Gulf standards, and the pattern tells operators where Oman Air thinks its growth lies as regional competition continues to stumble following the Iran war. Singapore restores a long-haul Asian gateway after nine years and gives European agents a one-stop routing into Southeast Asia over Muscat.
Tashkent is the carrier’s first Central Asian destination, useful for Silk Road product that has so far leaned on Turkish and Gulf rivals. Sochi widens Russian access beyond Moscow at a moment when Russia is one of Oman’s fastest-growing source markets, and the pre-dawn Muscat arrival is built for onward connections rather than point-to-point traffic alone.
The Dubai-Salalah and Abu Dhabi services thicken intra-Gulf feed, which matters for DMCs packaging multi-stop Gulf itineraries. With oneworld membership now in place, all of this becomes bookable within alliance fares and mileage programmes, which lowers the barrier for agents who have not previously sold Oman Air.