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SalamAir cancels Calicut and Sialkot flights

SalamAir cancels Calicut and Sialkot flights

Times of Oman08-07-2025
Muscat: Some passengers were left stranded at the Muscat International Airport after SalamAir cancelled Calicut and Sialkot flights.
According to the Muscat International Airport, Muscat-Sialkot (OV 508) and Muscat Calicut (OV 774) were cancelled. 'Our Muscat-Calicut flight was cancelled suddenly without any information on Sunday,' one of the passengers complained.
Another passenger said that he was forced to buy another ticket on a different airline. 'This caused me a huge loss of money and I also lost my extra baggage allowance which I had booked with Salam Air,' he complained.
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