The alliance’s memberships shift again, with Oman Air joining the oneworld alliance.
Oman Air becomes the 15th member of oneworld, providing the alliance with a new hub in the Middle East and creating new opportunities for global travel. It will be a full member of the oneworld alliance.
The airline, with its hub at Muscat International Airport, serves 42 destinations across 22 countries and territories worldwide, including key oneworld hubs globally. The airline offers three cabins, including its exclusive Business Studio with private suites on select longer-haul flights.
Effective 1 July, oneworld customers can access an extended network of destinations across Oman Air’s growing global schedule, including the launch of a new non-stop Muscat–Amsterdam service.
As a full oneworld member airline, Oman Air will provide oneworld Emerald, Sapphire, and Ruby customers with benefits including earning and redeeming miles, earning status points, priority check-in and boarding and lounge access.
Likewise, Oman Air’s top-tier customers will gain access to oneworld priority benefits, including a network of nearly 700 premium airport lounges globally, as well as newly opened oneworld-branded lounges in Amsterdam’s Schiphol and Seoul’s Incheon Airports.
Oman Air has launched a sub-site showing off its oneworld membership at https://www.omanair.com/en/oneworld.
In Quotes
Nat Pieper, CEO of oneworld, said:
“We are proud to welcome Oman Air to the oneworld family,”
“Oman Air brings valuable strategic reach and award-winning product and service to the alliance. This partnership opens up exciting new connections for our customers, particularly across the Gulf and South Asia, and reinforces oneworld’s position as the premium alliance for international travellers.”
Con Korfiatis, CEO of Oman Ai,r added
“Oman Air is honoured to be joining the oneworld alliance, whose members and global footprint represent the best of what international travellers want to experience,”
“We are thrilled to be able to welcome oneworld customers to the Sultanate of Oman to experience our unique culture, stunning mountain excursions, beautiful beaches, and, above all, the warm hospitality of the Omani people.”
Well, that’s taken a little time
Oman Air has been dancing around oneworld membership since 2021 before agreeing to start the joining process in 2022 – a process that has taken the best part of four years to complete.
They join Royal Jordanian and, of course, Qatar Airways in the region to provide further connectivity. It should open up some interesting travel journeys and redemption options.
We just have to wait for all the airlines to roll out how much they want to charge for them.
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