Amman-based oneworld member Royal Jordanian is in the process of renewing and expanding its fleet. In October 2022, the airline placed an aircraft order with Airbus, then in May 2023 the airline placed an aircraft order with Embraer, and now the airline has placed an aircraft order with Boeing.
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The Oneworld airline most desperately in need of a fleet transformation is SriLankan, as it has hardly 22 aircraft (the smallest in the alliance not counting Fiji Airways) after a couple of its oldest A330-200s were retired. With a piecemeal all-Airbus fleet, it needed a revamp.
March 2023 we flew a RJ Embraer plane from DMM-AMM. Short flight. The place was amazingly dated and worn. At least the sad state of the cabin and the Mexican food in flight were quickly forgotten once the midair religious dispute that nearly became a fistfight started...
Embraer's General Manager for Middle East and Africa (Hussain Dabbas) is the former CEO of Royal Jordanian. No surprise to see the E2 beating out the A220 there.
I wonder what their plan is...are they trying to capture more connecting traffic through AMM, are they trying to capture a larger share of Jordan traffic, perhaps both...
If they do want more connecting traffic - they really should push their govt to issue a 24 hour visa that can work beyond the airport hotel. Being able to advertise staying along the Dead Sea for 1 night without a $55 visa fee could be very attractive. There's a lot you can reach in 1 day in Jordan, some things even worth going to multiple times
Flew with them for the first time earlier this week. The crew were great and the food offering in business was surprisingly good - all served from a trolley like the olden times! This on an A320.
My only frustration has been that they changed flight timings etc since I originally booked, and one of my flights was downgraded as business is not operated on the flight. (It's only an hour so I'm not that bothered). The website wouldn't show the updated flight details properly and kept showing that I had a cancelled flight and the ability to change seats etc was lost when they made the schedule change. I spent ages on the phone to their call centre in Jordan (to which I was transferred as the London one was too busy) only to be told that the agents in Jordan that (a) they'd deal with my issue; and (b) then phoning back saying only London could deal with it. I eventually gave up trying, as I could never speak to anyone in London, and just turned up at the airport - and my booking was fine after all. They really need to refresh their IT.
But then.... my BA app has just tried to get me to check-in for a flight that I cancelled about 6 months ago....