Oman Air CEO steps down

Oman Air Chief Executive Officer Wayne Pearce will leave the airline after more than two years as the CEO as of Feb. 28.
The chairman of the board of directors of Oman Air, Darwish bin Ismael bin Ali Al-Balushi, announced Pearce’s decision and said: “Working with Oman Air’s board of directors, Pearce has done an excellent job of steering Oman Air through a key phase of our development.
Following a period of rapid expansion, all the vital elements are now in place for the next phase of our growth, while also safeguarding continued increases in passenger numbers. He leaves us after introducing greater frequencies on a number of key routes, increasing the revenue and passengers’ numbers and improvement in on time performance.”
Al-Balushi added: “On behalf of all my colleagues on the board of directors & the staff of Oman Air, I would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for the contribution Pearce has made to Oman Air’s ongoing success and we wish him well in his next role.”
“Oman Air shall remain committed to its strategic priorities while the search of the new CEO takes place, these include pursuing the expansion plan, maintaining the highest standard of service both in quality and safety, promote Oman as one the best tourism and investment destinations and development of human resource capital in the aviation and airline sectors.”
Pearce said: “It has been both a pleasure and an honor to manage Oman Air through this crucial stage of its development. I am pleased that we have been able to gain a major increase in our passenger seat factor to 76 percent while achieving over a 30 percent growth in loads with a 16 percent increase in our seats. Our yields have also grown and last year Oman Air carried 5 million passengers.”