# Shawy Expands Online Bus Booking to Saudi Arabia and the UAE With Over 100 Routes

> Shawy now sells tickets for more than 100 bus routes, adding cross-border service to Riyadh, Makkah, Fujairah, Al Ain and Sharjah from Oman.

- Published: 2026-10-19T19:58:12+00:00
- Section: Expansion
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-19/shawy-cross-border-bus-booking-saudi-uae
- Source: [EIN Presswire](https://www.einnews.com/article/950772969/live)

## Key takeaways

- Shawy now offers more than 100 bus routes, including cross-border services from Oman to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
- Passengers can book seats online to Riyadh, Makkah, Fujairah, Al Ain and Sharjah through Shawy's iOS app, Android app and website.
- Shawy launched in March 2026 and supports five languages: Arabic, English, Persian, Hindi and Urdu.

[Shawy](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/026r2el/shawy), Oman's online intercity bus marketplace, now sells tickets for more than 100 routes, including new cross-border service to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the company said on October 19, 2026. [EIN Presswire](https://www.einnews.com/article/950772969/live) published the announcement. The expansion adds online booking for trips to Riyadh, Makkah, Fujairah, Al Ain and Sharjah.

## Shawy's Cross-Border Booking Rollout

Shawy announced that passengers can now book seats online for more than 100 bus routes, including cross-border services from Oman to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The platform also continues to cover domestic routes within Oman. Shawy works with transport operators including Mwasalat and Eternity Road Land Transport.

Travelers can search, book and pay for bus tickets through Shawy's iOS app, Android app and website. The platform supports five languages: Arabic, English, Persian, Hindi and Urdu. Shawy supports local payment options, and its data is hosted inside Oman. The company is based in Muscat and describes itself as Oman's first online intercity bus booking marketplace.

Co-Founder and CEO Mohammed Al-Badaai said the company is trying to close a long-standing gap in intercity travel, where passengers have relied on ticket counters and phone calls. Co-Founder and COO Amirhossein Nozarian said Shawy wants to be ready for more destinations as regional integration progresses, including a planned unified tourist visa.

## Shawy's Platform Scale and Operator Network

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Shawy launched its mobile and web platform in 2025 as Oman's first intercity bus booking marketplace, aggregating Mwasalat, Big Bus and Eternity Road Transport routes under a single booking experience with live GPS tracking and QR boarding passes. The same records show a partnership with SAPTCO to enable cross-border booking between Oman and Saudi Arabia, such as Muscat to Riyadh, and an integration with QPay that introduced the first Buy Now, Pay Later option for intercity bus tickets in Oman. Shawy's records list more than 1.2 million travelers who have used the platform and an average app store rating of 4.7 to 4.8 across iOS and Google Play.

## Shawy's Planned Route Additions

Shawy plans to connect more destinations as GCC travel links expand, the company said. The platform's next test will be whether travelers and bus operators adopt online booking at scale for cross-border trips, according to the announcement.

## Companies in this story

- [Shawy company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/026r2el/shawy) · website: https://shawy.om

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