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Royal Jordanian Airlines
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
RJ
RJA
512
 Jordanian

Royal Jordanian Airbus A320-300
Royal Jordanian Airlines Housing Bank Commercial Complex
PO Box 302
Amman
JORDAN		 Tel.: +962 6 520 2000
Fax: +962 6 520 2093
SITA:
Email: rj@rj.com
Website: www.rj.com
Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner: Jordan govt (29%); M1 Group (19%); Jordanian SSC (10%); Employee fund (7.7%); others
Subsidiaries: Royal Wings (100%)
Employees: 4,507
Base: Amman (AMM)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: December 1963
Alliances: American, Cyprus Airways, Gulf Air, Iberia, Malev, Syrianair, Tarom, Thai Airways, US Airways
Jordan Aviation operates this equipment: Executives
  • 3 x Airbus A310-304
  • 4 x Airbus A319-132
  • 1 x Airbus A320-212
  • 4 x Airbus A320-232
  • 4 x Airbus A321-231
  • 2 x Airbus A330-223
  • 4 x Airbus A340-212
  • 1 x Airbus A340-600 Prestige
  • Boeing 787-8 (11 on order)
  • 3 x Embraer 175
  • 5 x Embraer 195 AR
Chief Executive:
Chief Financial Officer:
Head of Flight Operations:		 Hussein Dabbas
Hatem Akroush
Haitham Misto

Manufacturer Type
Current
Active
Current
Leased
-out
Current
Inactive
Planned
Current
or
Planned
Historical
Total
all times
Avg Age
Active
Boeing
B.747-200B
         1 1 -
Boeing
B.747-200B(SCD)
         2 2 -
Airbus
A340-200
 4       4 2 6 18.3 years
Ilyushin
Il-76M
         1 1 -
Lockheed
L-1011 (500)
         11 11 -
Boeing
B.787-8
       11 11   11 -
Airbus
A330-200
 3       3 2 5 2.9 years
Airbus
A300-600
         2 2 -
Airbus
A310-200
         3 3 -
Airbus
A310-300
 2       2 10 12 22.4 years
Airbus
A310-300(F)
 2       2 2 4 23.5 years
Boeing
B.707-320C
         18 18 -
Boeing
B.720-020B
         2 2 -
Boeing
B.727-200
         7 7 -
Airbus
A319-100
 4       4   4 3.3 years
Airbus
A320-200
 6     2 8 12 20 3.1 years
Airbus
A321-200
 4     2 6 2 8 4.7 years
Boeing
B.737-200C
         1 1 -
Boeing
B.737-300
         1 1 -
Sud Aviation
Caravelle 10R
         3 3 -
Fokker
F.28-4000
         7 7 -
Embraer
ERJ-195 (ERJ-190-200)
 5       5   5 4.7 years
Embraer
ERJ-175 (ERJ-170-200)
 3       3   3 2.8 years
Vickers
Viscount 810
         3 3 -
Fokker
F.27-050
         1 1 -
Fokker
F.27-100
         1 1 -
Fokker
F.27-400
         1 1 -
Bombardier
DHC-8 Series 400
         2 2 -
Handley Page
Herald series 200
         2 2 -
Douglas
DC-7 ()
         2 2 -
Douglas
DC-6B
         3 3 -
Douglas
C-47 (DC-3)
         1 1 -
Douglas
C-47B
         1 1 -
Douglas
C-53 (DC-3)
         1 1 -
Douglas
DC-3 (pre-war)
         1 1 -
 
 TOTAL:
 33     15 48 108 156 7.8 years

Royal Jordanian Airlines is an airline with its head office in the Housing Bank Commercial Center in Amman, Jordan, operating scheduled international services over four continents from its main base at Queen Alia International Airport at Amman (AMM) Jordan. Royal Jordanian (RJ) is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization and of Oneworld, the global airline alliance. The airline operates over 500 flights per week, with at least 110 daily departures.

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