Oman: Emirates airlines has announced that they will deploy double daily A380 flights from Muscat, starting July 1.
The Omani capital will become Emirates’ shortest scheduled A380 flight, covering a distance of 340km each way
“The airline will operate the A380 EK 862/863 and EK864/865 to and from Muscat International Airport (MCT)," Oman Airports said in a statement.
The launch of the A380 flights will come exactly one year after the first deployment of a scheduled one-off A380 service, that marked 25 years of operations to Oman and reaffirmed the airport’s infrastructure readiness to handle double-decker operations.
The two daily A380 services will replace EK 862/863 and EK 864/865. Emirates morning flight, EK 862, will depart Dubai at 8.25am, arriving in Muscat at 9.40am. The return flight, EK 863, will depart Muscat at 11.15am, arriving in Dubai in the afternoon at 12.25pm.
Emirates late afternoon flight EK 864 will depart from Dubai at 04.10pm and will arrive in Muscat at 5.25pm.
EK 865 will depart Muscat at 07.05pm, arriving in Dubai at 08:15pm. Flight timings will vary slightly with the commencement of the winter schedule in late October.
Both A380s flying to Muscat will be operated in a three-class configuration, with 429 seats in Economy Class on the lower deck, as well as 76 flat-bed seats in Business Class and 14 First Class Private Suites on the upper deck.
Emirates has been flying to Oman since 1993 and today operates three daily services utilising the Boeing 777-300ER between Dubai and Muscat.
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