{"id":56810,"date":"2026-01-11T16:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/oman-air-to-launch-direct-flights-to-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:37:17","slug":"oman-air-to-launch-direct-flights-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/oman-air-to-launch-direct-flights-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman Air to launch direct flights to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

The announcement was made during the official visit of Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, to the Sultanate of Oman. The event was attended by senior officials from both countries, including Oman\u2019s Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali; Rwanda\u2019s Minister of State for Infrastructure, Jean de Dieu Owehenganyi; Rwanda\u2019s Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire; and Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the ceremony, Owehenganyi said Rwanda\u2019s vision is centred on expanding direct air connectivity to facilitate international cooperation and position Kigali as a key hub for aviation, economic and social activities.<\/p>\n

The planned Muscat\u2013Kigali route is expected to strengthen diplomatic and economic relations between Rwanda and Oman, while enhancing Rwanda\u2019s access to the Middle East and other international markets. Rwanda has emerged as one of East Africa\u2019s fastest-growing destinations for tourism and business travel, particularly in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector.<\/p>\n

According to Oman Air, the new route will offer travellers greater choice and improved connectivity between Africa and the Middle East, while also providing access to the airline\u2019s wider network across India, Asia, the Pacific and Europe. Oman Air has been expanding its destination network during 2025 and plans further growth in 2026, including new routes to Europe, the Middle East and Asia.<\/p>\n

Besides the direct flight, the four MoUs signed during Nduhungirehe\u2019s visit cover logistics services, including inland port development and supply chain operations; development cooperation between the Rwanda Development Board and Oman Airports Management Company, with planned investments around the Bugesera Airport District; and ICT and innovation, covering data hosting, cloud services, and data centre development.<\/p>\n

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Oman Air has announced plans to introduce direct flights between Muscat and Kigali, a move that is part of four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed between Rwanda and Oman to deepen bilateral cooperation. The flights are expected to begin in June 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000100464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-62","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000100464,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3405766-1126266000.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000100464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56810"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56810"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}