Oman Air goes double daily from Heathrow

Oman Air, which is soon to join the oneworld alliance, will resume double-daily flights to London later this year. It is also set to launch flights to Amsterdam with a 4x weekly service.

The airline currently flies once a day between London and Muscat, although it did previously offer a double daily service pre-covid.

The second service will begin in October 2025, initially on four days a week (Mondays, Fridays, Satudays and Sundays) before increasing to seven days by next summer.

The two daily flights will operate approximately 12 hours apart, offering both day and night departures in each direction. Here are the timings for the second flight:

• WY104 departs London Heathrow at 8:25am and arrives in Muscat at 7:35pm
• WY103 departs Muscat at 1:40am and arrives in London at 5:55am (same day)

Here is the existing flight:

• WY102 departs Heathrow at 8:50pm and arrives in Muscat at 7:00am the following morning
• WY101 departs Muscat at 2:05pm and arrives in London at 7:10pm.

Oman Air is the only airline operating direct flights between London and Oman; British Airways has not returned since the pandemic.

Both flights will be operated by the airline’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft which Rob reviewed here. First Class has since been dropped, with the cabin now being sold as a ‘Business Studio’ upgrade akin to Malaysia Airlines.

Oman Air’s march towards oneworld membership continues and appears on target for a mid-summer accession. Its Amsterdam to Muscat flights will launch on the 1st July. Once it joins oneworld these should be a good option for picking up a redemption to the Middle East using Avios, even if the Heathrow flights have sold out.

Joining oneworld is only the latest stage of a major transformation program at the airline. You can read more about the project in my interview with Oman Air CEO Con Korfiatis here.

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