20 November 2006
MUSCAT -- Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced extra flight connections with Gulf Air and Kuwait Airways via Dubai route. The Air France offers five 'daylight' flights from Dubai every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and six 'daylight' flights from Dubai with KLM.

These daylight flights are in addition to the daily services on Air France and KLM thus offering 12 connections for Air France via Dubai and a total of 17 connections on KLM, which includes 13 via Dubai and four via Bahrain.

The regular daily flights, which departs in the night continues throughout on Air France offering daily connections to Paris via Dubai, departing Muscat on Oman Air at 8.40pm and arriving at 9.35pm to connect the Air France Departing at 1.55am and reaching Paris at 6.20am. On the return trip to Muscat, Air France departs Paris at 1.15pm to reach Dubai at 10.45pm where Air France provides overnight accommodation (for Oman sold tickets only) at a three-star hotel for economy and five-star hotel for first and business class tickets prior to connecting the Dubai to Muscat flight on Oman Air departing at 10.45am and arriving in Muscat at 11.40am.

The day flights do not involve any overnight travel with five departures except on Tuesday and Thursday, leaving Muscat on Oman Air at 9am to arrive in Dubai at 9.55am and connect Air France at 12.30pm to arrive in Paris at 5pm. The return trip back also has five departures except for Mondays and Wednesdays leaving Paris at 11.15pm making it one of the most convenient departures from Europe giving you ample time to complete a full day's work.

By Staff Reporter

© Times of Oman 2006