Royal Jordanian

[yazm1991]

Calling Off RJ Flights to Beirut

Royal Jordanian is still not flying to Beirut because of the prevailing conditions, which involve closure of the airport road and any access to Beirut airport.
RJ President/CEO Samer Majali said that the company decided to call off its three daily flights to Beirut starting Thursday, May 8. The airline is closely monitoring the situation before it decides to resume its operations to Beirut.
He called upon the customers who reserved flights to Beirut in the coming few days to call Royal Jordanian's call centre, at 5100000, to inform the airline about whether they intend to keep their reservations or postpone their flights.

[Yazoo]

I really like the Royal Jordanian livery, it's really classy in my opinion!

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian will resume its regular Amman-Beirut operations

Royal Jordanian will resume its regular Amman-Beirut operations as of this evening, May 15, 2008, as the security situation has improved in the Lebanese capital and the airport road opened. On May 8, all access to the airport road was blocked, making it impossible for travelers to make it to the airport.

RJ President/CEO Samer Majali said that the airline will operate its first flight to Beirut on May 15, at 20:15 pm, resuming its three daily flights to Beirut as usual starting tomorrow, Friday, May 16, 2008, according to the flight schedule announced before suspending operation. The daily flights depart Amman at 7:00 am, at 12:00 noon and at 20:15 pm.

Majali called upon passengers to contact its 24/7 call centre, at 5100000, to find out about reservation services, flight departures and arrivals and any other information needed.

[LeB-iT]

wow 3 flights daily? that's alot

[yazm1991]

Originally Posted by LeB-iT

wow 3 flights daily? that's alot

yes 3 flights daily, its a lot

but wait till end of year (around Christmas) it becomes 5 daily flights!!!!

[yazm1991]

still rumors, but heard from friend working at Royal Jordanian, that a new Asian destination may be announced soon!

[yazm1991]

Al- Tafileh the new Airbus A321 joins RJ fleet
Royal Jordanian, a oneworld member, received a new Airbus A321 at the end of last week.

The aircraft named after the city of Tafileh, in line with the company’s strategic plan of modernizing and enlarging its fleet of aircraft serving the international and regional network, and improving services offered passengers.

A previous aircraft Airbus A321, Al-Ramtha, also joined the fleet last April.

These two aircraft replace two that will be phased out soon after their operating lease terminates.

The Airbus A321 is considered one of the most modern, high-performance and best-serviced aircraft operating on short- and medium-haul routes.

It is distinguished by its operating efficiency.

As such, RJ uses four such aircraft, named Al-Karak, As-Salt, Al-Ramtha and Al-Tafileh, to operate, along with other airliners of the Airbus A320 family, on the company’s routes in Europe, the Arab Gulf and the Indian Subcontinent.

This twin-engine aircraft seats 168 passengers: 20 on Crown Class, with 46 inches of seat pitch, and 148 seats on Economy, with 32 inches of seat pitch, providing optimal comfort to passengers.

Moreover, the aircraft is equipped with Audio-Video On Demand (AVOD) systems, available to all passengers, whereby each can choose from a wide selection of programs and watch it on his/her screen.

An Airbus A319 (Al-Mafraq) has been introduced into the RJ fleet on March 13, the first of four in a series of this class aircraft that will be assimilated at the end of this year and the beginning of the next.

The airline designated names of Jordanian cities on the new aircraft that joined the fleet and the ones that will join as a part of its mission of promoting Jordan to the world.

http://www.ameinfo.com/158183.html

[yazm1991]

Embraer 175 joins RJ fleet

AMMAN (JT) - An Embraer 175 aircraft named Zay has joined the Royal Jordanian (RJ) fleet, Five Embraer 195s joined the airline over the past two years, and a seventh will be assimilated later, according to an RJ statement.

All Embraer aircraft service the regional and Middle Eastern routes.

The Brazilian Embraer 175, a short-haul aircraft with economic, efficient fuel consumption, seats 72 passengers: 12 in Crown Class and 60 in economy.

As part of its fleet modernisation programme, RJ recently contracted modern airliners to join its fleet. These include the Airbus A321, A320, A319, Embraer 195 and Embraer 175 aircraft, which started joining the fleet in 2006, bringing the number of new aircraft so far to 15, the statement said.

Three Airbus A319s and one Embraer 175 are expected soon, at which time RJ will be operating 31 aircraft.

The airline designated names of Jordanian cities for new aircraft joining the fleet as part of its mission to promote the Kingdom in the world.

Recent inductions to the airline include Airbus A320s: Amman, Irbid, Aqaba and Madaba; Airbus A321s: Salt, Karak, Ramtha and Tafileh; Airbus A319: Mafraq; and Embraer aircraft: Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum, Umm Qais, Maeen and Zay.

The remaining Airbus A319 aircraft are Maan, Shobak and Ajloun and the Embraer 175, Dana.

http://jordantimes.com/?news=8358

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian reviews options in face of 787 delays

Royal Jordanian Airlines (Amman) is weighing its options following the announcement of further delays in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program. The carrier is considering whether to refurbish its four Airbus A340-200s or introduce replacement aircraft, possibly Boeing 777s, to provide interim relief until their 787s arrive. The airline had intended to use the 787s initially to replace the A340s and then later its A310s. Royal Jordanian recently refurbished its A310 cabins in order to retain the type. The Amman-based carrier is awaiting proposals from Boeing ahead of deciding its best course of action.

Hope they get some 777-300ERs

http://www.jetphotos.net/news/index....&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

[yazm1991]

NEW RJ HEADQUARTERS

not sure when its finished, however it looks amazing!

Outside view...


Inside...

[yazm1991]

RJ awarded 'Airline of the Year 2007' by Air Finance Journal

The journal published an extensive report including an analysis of the reasons RJ deserves the award which is given once a year to the most distinguished and financially efficient airline worldwide.

Upon receiving the award, President/CEO Samer Majali expressed the airline's pride on such success that adds up to various other prominent awards accumulated during the past two years.

The report points out that the achievements of the airline over the last few years were a polestar to all observers of the air transport industry.

At the end of 2007, the airline doubled its 2001 size in terms of number of passengers, financial revenues, flying hours, flights frequencies and others.

Additionally, since 2004, it has started to achieve net profits under hard operational circumstances and daunting challenges, foremost among them the instability in the Middle East and its effect on the air transport and tourism, the spiraling fuel prices and the sharp regional and international competition.

According to the report, RJ earned this title in appreciation of the success of the privatization process which saw 71% of the total issued share capital for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) floated in December last year.

The IPO witnessed great demand from the national and international investors without the need for a strategic partner.

The number of investors in RJ reached more than 29,000.

The IPO coverage amounted to 140% of the offered shares and JD164.5m of the total proceeds went to the country's Treasury.

By this, RJ is the first privatized national carrier in the Middle East.

Furthermore, the report mentioned that RJ was capable of overcoming hardships and thus received an invaluable international recognition through joining the oneworld airline alliance, as the first Middle Eastern carrier invited to its membership.

Getting into alliances with international airlines reflects the airline's capabilities, safety of operations and services, on a par with those of the other nine giants, members in oneworld.

All this opened much wider travel options to passengers and increased the regional and international network to 700 destinations, with only one stop in Amman.

Royal Jordanian was awarded a number of prestigious awards in the last two years, the most significant being Phoenix Award, presented by Air Transport World (ATW), the leading monthly magazine covering the global airline industry, and the Merit Award for the Airline Turnaround of the Year 2006, held by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) in Singapore.

It was also chosen the winner of the Airline Strategy Award in the technology category, organized by Airline Business magazine.

The airline also won King Abdullah II Award for Excellence in the large service organizations category.

http://www.ameinfo.com/161325.html

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian passenger numbers up 30% last month

During the first five months of this year, the number of passengers went up by 21% and fuel expenses by 91%, compared to the same period of 2007.

President/CEO Samer Majali stressed that there has been growing demand on all RJ's 55 destinations this year, because of the distinguished services offered passengers, the modern fleet of aircraft recently acquired and the electronic systems that facilitate travel procedures at the airport, like Internet booking, electronic tickets and others.

He pointed out that RJ aircraft carried 215,000 passengers in May this year, against 166,000 in May last year. Additionally, the seat factor average increased from 64% to 70% by 9%.

Majali expressed concern about the skyrocketing fuel prices, which cost the airline around JD26.5m this May, in comparison to JD12.6m in May last year, marking a 110% increase.

He said that the current fuel prices constitute a significant obstacle for all international airlines; they limit the ambition to develop and modernize of self-reliant companies.

Majali stressed that Royal Jordanian started taking several measures designed to meet the challenges of the rising fuel prices which form around 45% of the company's overall operational expenses at the time being.

These measures include working to increase the number of passengers and uplifted cargo by delivering quality services and facilitating travel. In order to offset the effect of the increase in fuel prices, RJ raised ticket prices, but has done so reasonably, not to affect the company's competition in the world markets. It also follows the policy of fuel purchase hedging.

Moreover, the airline has joined efforts with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to take some technical steps bound to reduce fuel consumption, especially in view of the fact that there is direct connection between the weight carried on board and the increase in fuel consumption.

This May saw an improvement in the other operations indicators in comparison with May 2007; the flight frequency went up by 16%, flying hours by 20% and aircraft mileage by 21%. The uplifted freight also increased by 38%.

The improvement has also affected the operations indicators for the first five months of this year, in comparison with last year, with flight frequencies going up by 16%, flying hours by 18%, aircraft mileage by 19% and the uplifted cargo by 25%.


http://www.ameinfo.com/161527.html

[FREDMTL]

I would like to fly with RJ if 1 day I go to Jordan !!! One of my friends works for RJ !!!

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian announces new destination...

RJ to operate two weekly flights to Kiev

The Ukrainian government on Thursday agreed to allow Royal Jordanian (RJ) airlines to operate two flights a week to Kiev, in order to conform to a prior aviation agreement between the two countries.

Royal Jordanian has not annouced what aircraft will be used on the route however it is most likely to be the Emb-195 or Airbus A319.

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian opens new lounge at Queen Alia International Aiport!

From Royal Jordanian Website www.rj.com

A whole world of indulgence awaits you in our new Crown Lounge, exclusively available to Crown Class travelers, Frequent Flyer Program's Platinum, Gold and Silver card holders. In addition to the corresponding oneworld's Emerald and Sapphire card holders.

The new Crown Class lounge is located on the second floor of the south terminal. It replaced the previous Jerash and Petra lounges, which were in the north and south terminals and is designed to accommodate 340 passengers; it comprises:

• A business center equipped with the latest computers to enable passengers to use Internet communication and email services and a private meeting room

• An extensive selection of Jordanian and international newspapers and magazines

• Isolated room for relaxing

• Hotel-like bedrooms

• Showers

• Play room for kids equipped with an LCD screen to enjoy watching cartoon

• Games room for adults

• Praying rooms

• LCD screens are installed in the the main hall of the lounge where several TV channels can be watched

• Some areas are dedicated to individuals who wish to watch their favorite movies

• A smoking area with air-conditioning and ventilation system dedicated to the smokers who can also enjoy watching their desired TV program

• Moreover, passengers can enjoy quality food, drinks and beverages sitting at the counters where they are offered a panoramic view that overlooks the ramp showing take-off and landing

• A library

Some pics of the amazing lounge! Enjoy!!!!!

[Jayme]

Wow thats really nice, it looks similer to the Cedar Lounge.
you got any idea how the old lounges looked like ?

[yazm1991]

Originally Posted by Jayme

Wow thats really nice, it looks similer to the Cedar Lounge.
you got any idea how the old lounges looked like ?

the old lounge was nice, but it was a little cramped, and they didnt have windows overlooking the tarmac so it was pretty dark

i believe this new lounge is amazing, well done Royal Jordanian

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian Announces New Route

http://www.ameinfo.com/169772.html

Royal Jordanian announced that it will resume flights between Amman and the Belgian capital, Brussels, starting April 1, 2009.

RJ President/CEO Samer Majali said that the scheduled direct service to Brussels has been resumed for commercial reasons, following studies of the Belgian market, which indicated that it is feasible to reconnect Jordan and Belgium.

Majali said the open skies policy signed by the two countries on July 29, 2008, grants Jordan the 3rd and 4th freedom rights to operate between Amman and Brussels directly and with unlimited frequencies.

He added that the airline will serve this route twice weekly, on Saturdays and Wednesdays, using the Airbus A319s, recently added to the fleet. Majali stressed that the route is bound to stimulate relations between Jordan and Belgium and facilitate transportation of businessmen and goods, and serve the Jordanian and Arab communities residing in Belgium. Additionally, it will boost tourism in both countries.

Majali mentioned that RJ resumes putting Brussels back to its route network, having suspending it in 2003. Thus, the airline will serve 57 destinations directly from Amman, in addition to other 700 destinations served by RJ's partners in the oneworld airline alliance.

The Belgian capital is among the first cities RJ flew to, as a direct route, in 1974.

Brussels serves as the capital of the European Union, hosting major political institutions of the union. It is also a significant commercial centre in Europe; it has over one million inhabitants.

[nomarandlee]

RJ plane crossing the bridge @ Chicago O'Hare....0:55

[yazm1991]

Royal Jordanian receives second A319-100

The second of four Airbus A319s, named Ma'an, one of the main cities in southern Jordan was recently delivered to RJ.

RJ, a oneworld member, contracted to introduce this type of aircraft into its fleet during this year and the beginning of 2009, in line with its aircraft modernization plan.

The newly manufactured aircraft brings a new standard of amenities and comfort to RJ passengers traveling to medium-range destinations in Europe, the Indian Subcontinent and the Arab Gulf. The airliner is distinguished by modern features, such as spacious seat pitch and state-of-the-art audio channels and personal video screens available for each passenger on economy and crown classes.

The speed of the twin-engine, operationally leased Airbus A319 reaches 960 km/hour and carries 110 passengers; 94 on economy class and 16 on crown class. It has a cargo capacity of three tons.

This aircraft, belonging to the Airbus A320 family, will boost the company's services, enabling it to better serve the regional and medium-haul route network. It will also augment RJ's existing fleet of Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft assimilated in the fleet in the past two years.

The remaining two Airbus A319s are slated to join the RJ fleet in February and March next year. In the last few months, four planes were introduced in the fleet; two Airbus A321s and two Embraer 175s, and two Airbus A321s were phased out, being replaced by the newly manufactured ones.

Presently, the number of aircraft reaches 28, covering 56 destinations served directly from Amman, and additional 700 destinations served by RJ's partners in the oneworld airline alliance.

The airline designated names of Jordanian cities on its new aircraft that joined the fleet in the last two years and the ones that will join as a part of its mission of promoting Jordan to the world.

http://www.ameinfo.com/174238.html