Oman Air to resume service to the Maldives this October
Oman Air will resume its service between Muscat and Malé, in the Maldives, this October. Flights to the Maldives with Oman Air will recommence for the 2018-19 winter season from 28 October 2018. The service will be operated by the new Boeing 737 aircraft. Oman Air flights from Muscat to Maldives will operate on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the flight from Maldives to Muscat will operate on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The re-launch of the Maldives service comes at an exciting time, as Oman Air recently started their flights to Istanbul in June with operations scheduled to Casablanca in July and Moscow in October.
Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah and Al Husn Resort & Spa implement ‘Sustainable Straws’
Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa and Shangri-La Al Husn Resort & Spa have banned single use plastic straws within all restaurants and bars across each property. Both Resorts stopped using plastic straws and replaced them with a sustainable metallic option earlier this summer, becoming the first hospitality brand in the Sultanate to implement this initiative. The decision to end use of plastic straws at Shangri-La in Muscat is part of a global movement sweeping the hospitality industry. Executive Assistant Manager in charge of F&B at Shangri-La Muscat, Marco Syrbe said: “We have all seen upsetting videos of the earth’s oceans polluted with plastic which not only harm the turtles that we here at Shangri-La Muscat promise to protect, but also endangers marine life, birds, animals which eventually impacts the food chain and our own health.” As one of only five turtle nesting sites in all of Oman, the beaches of Shangri-La in Muscat welcome an average of 100 turtle nests each year.