COVID-19: Rosters of new flights from Oman to Pakistan, India announced

Merge 104.8  |  05 July 2020

As stranded residents in Oman continue to seek repatriation options amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, rosters of new flights for Pakistani and Indian citizens in the Sultanate who wish to return home have been announced for the coming weeks.

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SalamAir, the Sultanate’s low-cost carrier, has announced it will operate five special round-trip flights between Oman and Pakistan, scheduled this week between July 6-10.

In a statement issued online, the airline has confirmed the following departures from Muscat:

— July 6: Karachi
— July 7: Sialkot
— July 8: Multan
— July 9: Islamabad
— July 10: Peshawar

Passengers wishing to avail a seat on the flights are advised to contact SalamAir directly at the contact details in the Tweet below:

Also, in a statement by the Indian Embassy in Oman, five additional repatriation flights under Phase 4 of the Republic’s Vande Bharat mission have been added to the current roster, bringing the total number of departures scheduled between July 1-16 from the Sultanate to 27.

The five new flights are as follows:

— July 10: Hyderabad
— July 12: Ahmedabad
— July 13: Bengaluru
— July 15: Srinagar
— July 16: Lucknow

The full roster of 27 Vande Bharat repatriation flights from Oman can be found below: