Oman Air, held an emergency exercise at its headquarters in Muscat which is the latest in series that have been carried out across the airline’s network. The
ultra-realistic and highly successful emergency exercise was carefully designed to test Oman Air’s responsiveness coping with any unforeseen circumstances. the participating teams led by Senior Manager, Safety and ERP Captain Waheed Al Subhi, developed a real-time scenario consisting of a hijacked aircraft by terrorists who posed the “threat of harming the passengers”. The drill involved teams from across the airline’s departments including Corporate Communications and Media, Marketing, IT, Finance, HR, Legal, Commercial as well as the Flight and Ground Operations teams.
Oman Air’s primary and over-riding consideration is the safety and well-being of its staff and guests. Oman Air is a rapidly growing, dynamic airline and the continual training and drilling of staff is part of the internal efforts by the Oman Air Response Team to ensure that all staff are trained to the highest industry standards to ensure they can be ready for any unforeseen circumstances. A representative from Kenyon International Emergency Services (the specialised emergency support organisation retained by Oman Air) was also present, who in turn hailed the exercise a major success. A brainstorming session was conducted at the end of the emergency exercise.
