Oman Air buys five Boeing 737-900ERs

Fast-growing Oman Air has ordered five Boeing 737-900ERs, CEO Wayne Pearce told ATW Sunday on the sidelines of the 2013 IATA AGM in Cape Town.
                                                                      
Oman Air becomes the first airline in the Gulf region to order the -900 variant. In May, the carrier placed an order for three Airbus A330-300s.

Oman Air’s fleet consists of four Airbus A330-200s, three A330-300s, 17 Boeing 737-700s/800s, four Embraer E-175s and two ATR 42s.

The airline will be take delivery of six new 737s in 2014, and deliveries of six Boeing 787s are scheduled to begin in 2015.

(Kurt Hofmann - ATWOnline News)