Royal Jordanian begins operating regular service to Hong Kong as of this Tuesday, passing via the Thai capital, Bangkok, with initial three weekly flights. The service is bound to increase to five flights in the coming summer.
An RJ delegation will depart onboard the inaugural flight to Hong Kong, headed by Naser Lozi, chairman of RJ's board of directors, and including RJ's president/CEO Samer Majali and a number of officials. In Hong Kong, the delegation will meet with several representatives from the field of air transport, civil aviation and tourism, in order to discuss means of making the new route a success. They will also tackle boosting passenger transportation between Jordan and China to foster the economic, commercial and tourism cooperation between the two countries.
President/CEO Samer Majali said that opening this route services is the active commercial movement between the two countries. The service will have a great impact on businessmen and tourists, and will stimulate relations between Jordan and China in all fields of interest. Hong Kong is a major international economic centre and a magnet for businessmen from all over the world.
Majali added that RJ's decision to add Hong Kong to its route map follows the airline's membership in the oneworld airline alliance which joins among its members Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, the Cathay Pacific group member. Dragonair joined oneworld on November 1 last year. With the addition of Hong Kong, the airline will fly to 55 destinations worldwide.
Majali mentioned that RJ passengers from Amman to Hong Kong will be able to continue their journey to other 19 cities in China served by Dragonair, which operates 400 weekly flights on its domestic route network departing from Hong Kong. The airline's passengers from Hong Kong to Amman can continue their journey to RJ's 55 destinations, in addition to other 700 destinations served by RJ partners in the oneworld airline alliance.
The president also voiced expectations of increased demand on travel between Jordan and China after connecting Amman and Hong Kong with three weekly flights via Bangkok, to which RJ operates daily flights in the winter and five direct weekly flights in the summer. He pointed out that the newly refurbished Airbus A310s will service the route.
Royal Jordanian flight will depart from Amman at 12:55 am Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and will arrive in Hong Kong at 7:00 pm. It will depart from Hong Kong to Bangkok and Amman at 8:30 pm and reach Amman at 4:00 am. The journey between Bangkok and Hong Kong lasts 2:45 hours.
RJ will open another new route to Baku in Azerbaijan at the beginning of next April.
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