Home Transport Aviation Oman Air abandons plan to expand fleet as pandemic poses risks The carrier will target a fleet of 36 planes, down from the current 50 by Bloomberg February 14, 2021 Oman Air, the state-run carrier, has abandoned a planned expansion and now aims to reduce its fleet and focus more on code-sharing with other airlines as restrictions to curb the pandemic slash demand for flights. “Going to 70 aircraft, the risks would have been quite high for the country and the airline,” company chairman Mohammed Al-Barwani told local website WAF Oman. Instead the carrier will target a fleet of 36 planes, down from the current 50. Last month, Oman decided to dissolve its air transportation services company, Oman Aviation Group, and divide its operations between the national carrier and the country’s airport management firm. Tags Aviation Fleet Oman Air pandemic Sultanate 0 Comments You might also like Abu Dhabi’s Etihad reports $1.7bn loss for 2020, passenger traffic down 76% Etihad to become official partner of Abu Dhabi’s tech startup venture Hub71 Emirates to operate daily flights between Dubai and Sudan’s capital Khartoum Kenyan cargo airline, Astral Aviation, begins flights to Sharjah