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Muscat, the capital as well as the largest city of the Sultanate of Oman, is a small portion of the larger grouping of cities and towns along the Gulf of Oman which is known locally as the Capital Area or the Muscat Municipality . Connected to the rest of the world, Muscat forms a string of towns sandwiched between the sea to the north and a very rocky range of barren mountains to the south. The main airport that ensures getting to Muscat by flight is the Seeb International Airport. It is situated 25 kms from the city's business district of Ruwi and 15 to 20 kms from the chief residential areas of Al-Khwair, Madinat Al Sultan Kaboos, Shati Al-Qurm and Al-Qurm. Getting to Muscat by flight is made easy with the Seeb International Airport being the hub of Gulf Air as well as Oman Air. The latter is the national carrier of Oman. The distance from Old Muscat is 30 kms, and 15 kms from the residential locales. Lately, the airport has undergone renovation to accommodate 12 million passengers. Travelers getting to Muscat by flight can avail any of the following from several parts of the world. Some of them comprise: Aero Asia International - Karachi Air Arabia – Sharjah Air India - Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Mumbai Air India Express - Kozhikode, Kochi, Abu Dhabi, Mangalore, Trivandrum Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Chittagong, Dhaka British Airways - Abu Dhabi, London-Heathrow Emirates – Dubai Etihad Airways – Abu Dhabi Egypt Air – Cairo Falcon Express – Karachi Getting to Muscat by flight is also enabled by the Royal Jordanian from Amman, Lufthansa from Dubai, Frankfurt, and Riyadh, and Martinair Cargo which plies from Hong Kong, among a host of others. A thriving port of the Middle Ages Muscat has a mediaeval look about it with two Portuguese forts – Jelali and Merani. Browse AsiaRooms.com for information on How to Get In to Muscat.
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