Paid four times price of regular ticket to come back to Oman: Indian expat

Paid four times price of regular ticket to come back to Oman: Indian expat

Shukla went to India on 10 April to see his family, 16 days before the entry ban on passengers flying from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh came into effect. Muscat: An Indian national returning to Oman has said he had to pay about four times the price of a regular plane ticket to come back to the country. Since September 1, 2021, the ban on passengers entering Oman from certain countries has been lifted, enabling people, some of whom have been away for months, to return, leading to a huge increase in demand, while there are still only a limited number of seats on flights. As a consequence, passengers like Sanjay Shukla have to pay steep amounts to return to Oman. Shukla arrived on one of the first flights arriving in Muscat from Chennai on September 1, paying a total of more than OMR 260 for his journey. "I am from Mumbai, but I could not get a flight out of there as all the planes were fully booked," he said. "After searching for a full three days, I decided to see what alternate routes were available, because I needed to come back to Oman urgently, and had no other options