Muscat

By bus

There are daily bus services from Dubai and several Oman cities to Muscat, operated by the Oman National Transport Company (http://www.ontcoman.com).

By bus

Oman National Transport Company (http://www.ontcoman.com) runs busses to Muscat from Dubai duration of journey: 6 hrs and Abu Dhabi via Buraimi. Within Oman there are daily busses to Muscat from Buraimi via Sohar, Nizwa 2hrs 20min, Salalah 13 hrs, reservation required, Sanaw and Sur 4hrs 15 min. Long distance busses arrive at the Oman National Transport Company at Ruwi, Al-Jaame Street near Sultan Qaboos Mosque.

By plane

"flydubai" (http://www.flydubai.com) operates 3 flights per day from Dubai to Muscat.

Oman Air

(http://www.omanair.com/wy/) operates flights to Muscat from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Amman, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beirut, Cairo, Chennai, Chittagong, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Jaipur, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khasab, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London Heathrow, Lucknow, Male, Mumbai, Munich, Paris, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Salalah and Thiruvananthapuram.

Gulf Air

(http://www.gulfair.com/En...) offers flights from Bahrain to Muscat BHD 75.900 return, Sept 2010.

Emirates

(http://www.emirates.com/) has 10 flights per day from Dubai to Muscat, flying time 1 hr. from AED 1405 return, Sept 2010.

Air Arabia

(http://www.airarabia.com/home) offers 2 flights per day from Sharjah to Muscat, duration of flight 55 min from AED 295,000 return, Sept 2010.

Etihad Airways

(http://www.etihadairways....) operates 3 flights per day from Abu Dhabi to Muscat, duration of flight 1:05 hrs from AED 1.355 return, Sept 2010

Britsh Airways

(http://www.britishairways.com/) offers daily flights from London Heathrow to Muscat from GBP 340,- return, Sept 2010

KLM

(http://www.klm.com/) operates flights from Amsterdam to Muscat on Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sun, duration of flight 8hrs 30min.

Lufthansa

(http://www.lufthansa.com/) has flights from Frankfurt to Muscat from Sun to Fri, duration of flight 8 hrs from EUR 796,- return, Sept 2010.

Swiss

(http://www.swiss.com/) operates daily flights from Zurich to Muscat via Dubai from CHF 774,- return, Sept 2010.

Royal Jordanian

(http://www.rj.com/) flies from Amman to Muscat on Tue, Thu, Fri and Sun, arriving in Muscat next morning from JOD 535.570 return, Sept 2010

Egyptair

(http://www.egyptair.com/E...) offers flights from Cairo to Muscat on Mon Wed, Thu and Fri, arriving in Muscat next morning, duration of flight 4 hrs,

Air India Express

(http://www.airindiaexpress.in/) has flights to Muscat from Amritsar on Wed and Fri duration of flight 3 hrs 15min, from Delhi on Wed and Fri (duration of flight 5 hrs 20min, from Kochi on Tue, Thu and Sun duration of flight 3hrs 35min, from Kozhikode on Fri, Sat, Sun duration of flight 3hrs 25min, from Thiruvanantahapuram on Tue, Thu to Sun duration of flight 3hrs 45 min, or 5hrs 20min if flight goes via Cochin.

Pakistan International Airlines

(http://www.piac.aero/) operates flights to Muscat from Islamabad on Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat and Sun and from Peshawar on Wed, Thu and Sat.

Turkish Airlines

(http://www.thy.com/) operates flights to Muscat from Istanbul on everyday, with a stop in Bahrein.

The number of airlines flying to Muscat increases each year, although the Omani sale of their part of Gulf Air has meant a temporary decrease in passengers.

Domestically, Oman Air also flies from Salalah to Muscat at least twice weekly.