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About Royal Jordanian

Royal Jordanian, the national carrier of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was established in 1963 under the name "Alia," to become one of the first airlines in the region. It was privatised in December 2007 - the Jordanian government retained a 29 per cent holding with the next biggest shareholder, a company in the M1 group, with 19 per cent.

Royal Jordanian started its operations with three aircraft operating to three regional destinations. Its Amman base provides the alliance with one of the best hubs for travelling around the Middle East - the world's fastest growing region for air travel - where the airline's network is focused.  

Royal Jordanian has always carried out its role as goodwill ambassador and bridge across which Jordan exchanges culture, civilization, trade, technology, friendship, and better understanding with the rest of the world, and sustains its vision of being the airline of choice connecting Jordan and the Levant with the world. Accordingly, Royal Jordanian is continually modernizing and upgrading its services, renewing the fleet, and expanding its route network and operations.

Its website, rj.com, is available in English and Arabic and was given a complete up-grade and new look in late 2009.

Network

Royal Jordanian has a network of 58 destinations in 37 countries on four continents. It flies to around 30 points in the Arab world, giving it the most extensive network of any airline in the region.  It flies to points in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America, including oneworld hubs Bangkok, Barcelona, Chicago O'Hare, Hong Kong, London Heathrow, Madrid and New York JFK.

With some 4,500 staff, Royal Jordanian carried almost 3 million passengers in 2009.

The airline operates one of the world's most modern fleets, numbering 29 aircraft - with Airbus A330s and A340s on longhaul routes, A319/A320/A321s on medium and shorthaul, and Embraer 195/175s on regional services. It operates more than 110 departures a day. 

Travel Classes

Royal Jordanian prides itself on providing a high quality of customer service. It offers two cabin classes on all flights - Crown Class (Business) and Economy.

On its longhaul flights, Crown Class offers sleeperseats that recline to fully flat, spaced 83 ins (211 cm) apart. The airline completed a major upgrade to its products, with all seats covered in leather and with individual in-flight entertainment screens, with audio and video on demand in Crown Class.

The airline has completed a major upgrade to its products, with all seats covered in leather and with individual in-flight entertainment screens, with audio and video on demand in Crown and Economy Classses on its Airbus A320 family aircraft and its newly added A330s.  

Codeshare Partners

Royal Jordanian has code-shares with oneworld partners American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Malév Hungarian Airlines and member elect S7 Airlines.

Beyond oneworld, it has relationships with Gulf Air, US Airways, Syrian Arab Airlines, Yemenia-Yemen Airways, Tarom-S.A. 

oneworld Airline Affiliates

Royal Jordanian has no affiliate airlines.

Frequent Flyer

Royal Jordanian's frequent flyer programme is called Royal Plus. Its Platinum Plus is equivalent to oneworld Emerald, Gold Plus is equal to oneworld Sapphire and Silver Plus is oneworld Ruby.

For more information click on Royal Plus.