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Thousands of Omanis Seek Plane Tickets to Attend Gulf Cup Final

  • Publish date: Thursday، 19 January 2023
Thousands of Omanis Seek Plane Tickets to Attend Gulf Cup Final

Thousands of Omanis are seeking flights to Iraq to support their national football team in the Gulf Cup final today, January 19th, after Oman beat Bahrain 1-0. 

The Omani team will meet with the Iraqi team in the final of the tournament, which kicked off on January 6th. 

The match will start at 8 p.m. (Oman time) at the Basra International Stadium. 

Oman Air added two special flights today to fly supporters to the southern Iraqi city of Basra, as "Oman Air's gesture to help Omanis support their team," Abdulaziz Al Raisi, Oman Air's CEO, told The National.

He said that the two flights were fully booked within a few hours of going on sale on Tuesday, January 17th.

Meanwhile, Omanis who failed to book tickets on the two Oman Air flights are now trying to get flights on other regional airlines.

The 25th Arabian Gulf Cup is taking place in Basra for the first time since 1979.

The Gulf Cup tournament sees Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, and Yemen all competing for the trophy.