Royal Jordanian Airlines (Arabic: الملكية الأردنية; transliterated: Al-Malakiyyah al-'Urduniyyah) is the flag carrier of Jordan with its head office 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 Oneworld; a global airline alliance. Royal Jordanian won the Cent...
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Royal Jordanian Airlines (Arabic: الملكية الأردنية; transliterated: Al-Malakiyyah al-'Urduniyyah) is the flag carrier of Jordan with its head office 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 Oneworld; a global airline alliance. Royal Jordanian won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation award for "Airline Turnaround of the Year 2006" on 9 November 2006. The airline operates over 500 flights per week, with at least 110 daily departures. Royal Jordanian was voted "Airline of the Year 2007" by Airfinance Journal.
The airline was established on 9 December 1963 and started operations on 15 December 1963 after a royal decree by the late King Hussein. It was named Alia (or Aalya) after King Hussein's wife Alia Al-Hussein ( Queen Alia). It is a common misconception that the airline was named after the...
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