Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine

I use OmanAir regularly for this reason. They are fine with people buying tickets for other people (parents, in-laws, maids, other family, friends). There's a load of paperwork you have to fill in (forms to say you're fine with it, copies of ID, passports etc to be mailed to the office, and the person travelling should also carry all the paperwork as paperwork as well, but it's not a big hassle.

Of course you would need to transit via Muscat, but that's not a big issue either.

Originally Posted by The Dean

Let me know how you get on............. I have had the same issue with EK over my (unaccompanied minor) niece. No other airline in my experience has this obstacle.