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Ride-hailing in Muscat

Street taxis and apps are now the same system: five licensed platforms, fares set by ministerial decision.

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The traditional white and orange taxis have been integrated with licensed ride-hailing apps, in effect from 1 April 2025, extending from the airport rollout to those working at hotels, commercial centres and ports. The approved platforms are Oman Taxi, OTaxi, Marhaba, Hala and Tasleem, all operating under the Aber platform.

Fares sit under Ministerial Decision No 195/2018. The ministry has cautioned operators against altering fares without prior approval, and says any modification requires formal consent from the ministry. A quote that looks improvised is not the official rate.

OmanTaxi is the operator permitted by the government to run the Airport Pick-up Service at Muscat International, and offers private taxi, sharing taxi and female taxi services as well as hourly bookings.

Airport journeys are priced on the distance travelled from the airport and may carry an airport booking service fee on top, with the amounts approved by the ministry.

  1. Muscat Daily: Ride-hailing taxi operators cautioned about fare violations · checked 2026-09-03
  2. OmanTaxi: the official Oman taxi service · checked 2026-09-03

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Getting out of the airportTaxis and the Mwasalat bus stand are both on Level 0 now; nothing walks from this airport.Local laws that catch crew outDrink, dress and public conduct are all governed by law here, and vapes are illegal to import or use at all.Staying connectedA local SIM is registered against your passport at the counter; an eSIM skips the counter.WeatherJune normals put the daily maximum at 40C with a mean nightly low above 30C, so summer layovers are an indoor proposition.Eating near the crew hotelsAlcohol only where it is licensed, and VAT of 5% on top of the menu price.What to buy5% VAT on what you buy here; on the way into Oman, an RO 300 exemption and a cigarette allowance cut in August 2026.