Gallery: Here’s how Oman’s aviation industry is fighting back against COVID-19

Merge 104.8  |  19 May 2020

As aircraft fleets worldwide remain grounded amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, repatriation flights continue to bring stranded Omani nationals abroad back home to the Sultanate.

Cover image courtesy of Ismail Al Farsi

While question marks still surround when travelers will take to the skies again, and what the future of air travel might look like in a post-COVID world, without a doubt the scenes below are here to stay as the coronavirus re-shapes the global aviation industry’s already stringent safety standards.

Merge 104.8 photographer Ismail Al Farsi brings us a first-hand glimpse into disinfection procedures and precautionary measures at Muscat International Airport, and on an Oman Air aircraft, to show how planes and terminals are being sanitized to ensure a safe journey for all.

(Also read: COVID-19: SalamAir to operate repatriation flight from Qatar to Oman on Thursday.)