Direct air link to Manchester to boost ties with Britain

Collette Roche, Deputy Managing Director of Manchester Airport, expressed her pleasure of the new partnership with Oman Air. She said that Oman Air’s daily flights between Muscat and Manchester represent a starting point for cooperation between the two sides and this will be better enhanced during the next stage, thanks to this route.

She affirmed that this route represents an ideal opportunity for businessmen, whether Omani or British in Manchester and its environs to exchange visits and take stock of investment opportunities available to both sides.

Victoria Praddock, Director of International Marketing at Marketing Manchester, said that the direct route to Manchester is an opportunity to host Omani tourists and introduce them to various tourist available in Manchester.

She added that the new route also provides an ideal platform for cooperation among travel and tourism companies in the Sultanate with their counterparts in Manchester and Northern England to exchange tourist groups between the two sides.

She affirmed that dimensions of the direct route is not limited to the tourist side, but extends to include other areas, such as trade, investment and education.

Martyn Cartledge, British Freelance Travel Journalist, said that the direct route between Muscat and Manchester will give residents of Northern England an opportunity to travel to the Sultanate and provide an opportunity for fruitful cooperation among media institutions in both countries. attractions