Arrival of first India-Oman private carrier flight marked

Muscat: The first regular flight between India and Oman operated by a private carrier arrived here on Wednesday.
Jet Air flight 9W 538 from Calicut was greeted by a high-profile gathering of dignitaries led by Civil Aviation Under-secretary Mohammed bin Sakhr Al Amri and Indian Ambassador Anil Wadhwa. The plane touched down at the Seeb International Airport at 11.30am after a three-hour-twenty-minute journey from the northern Kerala city carrying 70 passengers and a 13-member crew led by Captain Floyd Gracious and First Officer Farid Kharadi.
The return flight ' 9W 537' took off at 2.30pm carrying some 50 passengers.
Also on Wednesday, the airline launched its flights to Muscat from Kochi, also in Kerala. On both sectors, Calicut-Muscat and Kochi-Muscat, the company will be operating a direct flight every day using B737-800 aircraft.
25/01/08 Ravindra Nath/Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

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