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Oman Taxi Charges revised

Oman Taxi Charges are revised by the government-owned Mwasalat Taxis service. New reduced charges apply from 1st February 2018 and new Taxi airport charges from 18th February.

Oman Taxi services – new regulations

Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communications have said that all Taxis (including the original Orange and White unmetered ones) will soon have fares set by the appropriate government authority . The Ministry intends to study supply & demand and operational costs, throughout the Sultanate. Its reported vehicles should have a tracking system, presumably a GPS … Continue reading “Oman Taxi services – new regulations”

Oman Taxi charges from Mwasalat

Oman’s government-owned Mwasalat Taxis service which offers an App based call service along with Credit Card payment has announced new charges. The

Oman’s Orange and White Taxi Fares to be metered by a new government decision from mid 2019

Oman Taxi Fares for the vehicles coloured orange and white, maybe metered from 2019. There are apparently 36,000 of these taxis in Oman with around 20,000 operating in Muscat. This will mean that all taxis in Oman will have a type of metered fare system. The proposal is that the fares will be 300baisa (Omani Rial … Continue reading “Oman’s Orange and White Taxi Fares to be metered by a new government decision from mid 2019“

Careem Taxi Oman

Uber may not be in Oman – but the Middle-East’s own Careem Taxi is. Careem had started in Muscat in May 2017 but stopped at the request of Oman’s government; as Careem must have obtained a licence to operate it was presumably stopped as a result of private sector concerns. The new Careem service will use … Continue reading “Careem Taxi Oman”

Taxis in Oman

Oman will soon have one or two new entrants into its Taxi world. Oman’s traditional unmetered Taxi service is in an Orange & White colour and has

Oman’s Taxis are having a redesign according to Zawaia Advertising

in a rebrand by Zawaia

Muscat Airport Taxi charges revised by Mwasalat as another price drop is announced

Mwasalat Taxi has announced more reductions to its Muscat Airport Taxi charges. Sunday to Thursday 06:00-22:00 The base fare will be Omani Rial 2.500 with a kilometre charge 300 baisa for every km (from 1 km to 30 km) Sunday to Thursday 22:00-06:00 and weekends (Friday & Saturday) and Public Holidays The base fare will … Continue reading “Muscat Airport Taxi charges revised by Mwasalat as another price drop is announced“

Omans new Vehicle and Traffic regulations

Oman introduces a number of changes to road and driving regulations from 1st March 2018. Notable is the introduction of

OMAN UAE BORDER CROSSING how to travel into Oman from Al Ain UAE

The Royal Oman Police, who are responsible for all aspects of immigration and emigration from Oman have announced new border facilities affecting UAE and Oman border crossing between Al Buraymi in Oman and Al Ain in the UAE from 18th May 2018. UAE and Oman border crossing changes “The Sa’ara border point

Omans Salam Air to start Dubai flights

Oman’s Salam Air will be commencing flights to Dubai on the last day of February 2017. There will initially be 2 flights in either direction at initial published prices from Rial Omani 21.600 one way (check for lower promotional pricing). Salam Air will be one

Tbilisi Georgia

We flew into Tbilisi Georgia from Muscat with the world under the plane gradually becoming greener as we flew north. The airport in Tbilisi is on the edge of city and after buying a SIM card we took a taxi into town, crossing over the river, which had flooded the city not so long ago, and … Continue reading “Tbilisi Georgia”