Oman transport: Mwasalat promotional fares ends on February 29

Muscat: Mwasalat has announced that its promotional fares will end on February 29.
“As announced before, starting from March 1, fares will be updated,” Mwasalat said in the tweet.
One-zone route fare will be 200 baisas while that for a two-zone route will be 300 baisas. For three zone route, the charge will be 500 baisas.
Making the announcement, Ahmed Ali Al Bulushi, chief executive officer of Mwasalat, said 5 million passengers are expected to use the services this year.
Mwasalat is also working with the Muscat Municipality to provide some ‘park and ride’ areas.
The buses are disabled-friendly and eating and smoking is prohibited on the buses. They are equipped with cameras to monitor drivers.
According to Al Bulushi, around OMR7 million has been invested in the new buses and the investment is expected to reach around OMR10 million if IT services, design, studies, stops and training costs are included.
The company currently has 700 staff and plans to increase the number to 1,000 in the future. The current Omanisation rate is 95 per cent.