A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Oman Air would be eliminating first class, and replacing it with a business class ”plus” product. I wanted to provide an update, as this product is now on sale, so we have all the details, including what pricing is like.
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How much cheaper than the old first class fare is it I wonder? If it's almost the same price but called business plus that doesn't seem like it will be easy to convince people it's worth the premium.
A very steep upcharge from business class for essentially an added door and some privacy. This seems very similar to First class pricing as it was before on Oman Air. As you mentioned though, upon check-in it could become more interesting to upgrade.
They can use the current first class lounge for their top tier frequent flyers and their biz pax, and channel the OW Emeralds into the old biz lounge.
Ben I asked the front desk agent last week about the first lounge and what would happen to it post 9 September and she told me it would be open to business studio guests . So once again only open for those on one of their 2 787s . Such a waste of a lounge !!!
They took delivery of a new 787-9 last month and are expecting two more in the near term. Will they all have Apex Suites, a new hard product, or will some of those Dreamliners feature the existing Business Studio cabins that were originally going to be First Class?
“Dignitaries” meaning those with sufficient government or Oman Air connections to benefit from some low level graft, presumably? These are not ‘VVIPs’, to be clear, and there actually already is a VVIP lounge at Muscat (Jetex). Some things never change, I guess …
The last time I flew F MCT-LHR I had the entire First lounge to myself because the other passengers in F were actual VVIPs presumably in Jetex (Jordanian Royal Family).
They should lease the Studio equipped 787s to other airlines that have first class and GE equipped 787-9s, such as Etihad