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Royal Jordanian celebrates 53rd anniversary

AMMAN, December 15, 2016


Royal Jordanian marks another milestone today (December 15) as it celebrates its 53rd anniversary.

RJ commenced operations as the national carrier of Jordan in 1963 and has since been an ambassador of goodwill and friendship to other cultures, and a bridge that facilitates tourism and trade with the world.

RJ President/CEO Captain Suleiman Obeidat expressed the airline’s keenness to remain Jordan's national carrier and also its support for tourism, culture and the society at large for 53 years now.

He stressed the airline’s determination to take a number of measures that aim at improving its overall performance and increase its efficiency and productivity, eventually leading to profitability, which will help the company develop and overcome all challenges.

"RJ has all the ingredients needed to be successful and move to a brighter future," said Captain Obeidat, adding that RJ will keep improving its services, facilitate travel procedures and develop employees’ skills by training them according to the best customer-service standards, in addition to reinforcing technology within the systems, in harmony with the international airlines, particularly its partners in the oneworld airline alliance.

Captain Obeidat said that RJ introduced five 787s into the fleet at the end of 2014 and another one last November; it will also introduce a seventh aircraft at the beginning of 2017, as a part of the strategic plan to modernise the long-haul fleet.

The airline fleet also has modern Airbus and Embraer aircraft. Today’s RJ fleet age has an average of five years, which puts the airline on par with international carriers.
 
Now its fleet counts 25 modern aircraft that flies to 55 cities spread over four continents.

Captain Obeidat also pointed out that the airline’s network is flexible and continuously reviewed, in order to meet the international travel requirements and to ensure its economic feasibility, which will help its goal of being the airline of choice that connects Jordan to the world.

There are 15 codeshare agreements between RJ and regional and international airlines: American Airlines, Air Berlin, British Airways, Iberia, Siberia airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Oman Air, Middle East Airlines, Tarom, Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Syrian Air and Meridiana Fly Airlines. These agreements contribute to supplying RJ with more passengers.

The number of passengers RJ carries increased from 87,000 in 1964 to almost 3 million by the end of this year; the number of yearly flights grew from 4,000 to more than 35,000 over the period. - TradeArabia News Service
 




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