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KLM Royal Dutch to resume Muscat service

MUSCAT — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume service to Muscat this winter after a gap of more than five years. Effective December 3, the airline will operate five weekly roundtrips to the Omani capital with Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering 30 business class and 221 economy class seats.

KLM suspended service between Amsterdam and Muscat in early 2002 because of market circumstances in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

"More recently, Muscat has developed into a key market in the Gulf region in terms of both business and leisure travel. In fact, it is the largest market in the region not yet served by the combined KLM and Air France network," a spokesman for the carrier said.

Flight KL459 will depart from Amsterdam on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings, and will fly to Muscat via Kuwait. The return flight, KL460, will return to Amsterdam via Kuwait the following morning.

Muscat will be KLM's eighth destination in the Gulf and the 60th intercontinental destination served via the airline's own operation. The Omani capital will be the 10th destination in the region served by the combined Air France KLM network via Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports.