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Royal
Jordan to fly to Brussels from April
Royal Jordanian (RJ) will inaugurate its first service
between Amman and the Belgian capital, Brussels, on
April 1.
The airline will serve this route twice weekly, on Saturdays
and Wednesdays, using the Airbus A319s, recently added
to the fleet.
The scheduled direct service to Brussels is added to
the RJ network for commercial reasons, following studies
of the Belgian market, which indicated that it is feasible
to reconnect Jordan and Belgium.
It also comes in light of the open skies policy signed
by the two countries in July last year that grants Jordan
the third and fourth freedom rights to operate between
Amman and Brussels directly and with unlimited frequencies.
RJ resumes putting Brussels back to its route network,
having suspended it in 2003. Thus, the airline will
serve 57 destinations directly from Amman, in addition
to other 700 destinations served by RJ’s partners
in the oneworld airline alliance.
Brussels serves as the capital of the European Union,
hosting major political institutions of the union. It
is also a significant commercial centre in Europe with
more than one million inhabitants.
It is expected to stimulate relations between Jordan
and Belgium and facilitate transportation of businessmen
and goods, and serve the Jordanian and Arab communities
residing in Belgium. Additionally, it will boost tourism
in both countries, according to a statement. (TradeAreabia
News Service)
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