Direct flights between Iran's Mashhad and Oman's capital Muscat have been launched.
The flights are operated by Qeshm Air to and from Mashhad's Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport every Thursday.
According to Director of Khorasan Razavi Airports Company Mohammad Baqer Qasemzadeh, the flight from Muscat to Mashhad is scheduled at 1 p.m. while return flights will be conducted at 2:45 p.m., the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development's news service reported.
Mashhad is the capital of Iran's northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province.
Hasheminejad International Airport currently operates international flights to 14 destinations, namely Istanbul, Kuwait, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Sharjah, Baghdad, Nasiriyah, Basra, Najaf, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and Kandahar.
Qeshm Airlines was founded in 1993 and currently operates passenger services between Qeshm and other Iranian cities, including Tehran, as well as other countries such as Belgium and Germany.
The Iranian airline started direct flights between Qeshm Island—off the southern coast of Iran—and Muscat on Feb. 5. It operates two flights a week on Mondays and Thursdays using RJ and Fokker 100 airliners on the Qeshm-Muscat route.
Tehran-Muscat Flights
SalamAir, Oman's first budget airline, launched its maiden flight to the Iranian capital Tehran from Muscat earlier this month.
Flights to Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport are scheduled thrice a week using A320 neo passenger aircraft.
This is the second destination offered by the airline into the country after Shiraz in southern Iran, operating three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, according to Oman Daily Observer.
SalamAir is a low-cost airline from Oman headquartered and based at Muscat International Airport. It operates flights to regional destinations.
The airline is also reportedly planning to fly to Mashhad as of September 2019.
