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Feb 27 2011

2,000 Jordanians come back from Tripoli aboard RJ planes since the beginning of the crisis

2,000 Jordanians come back from Tripoli aboard RJ planes since the beginning of the crisis
Amman, Feb. 27, 2011: The number of Jordanian citizens RJ transported from Tripoli to Amman since the beginning of the turmoil in Libya reached to 2,000.

RJ President/CEO Hussein Dabbas said that RJ continues its five weekly regular services between Amman and Tripoli as per the flight schedule.

The airline is asking the civil aviation authority at Tripoli airport to allow it to operate extra flights, said Dabbas. Only one additional flight was approved so far, and that was last Wednesday.

Dabbas mentioned that Royal Jordanian carried the majority of returning Jordanians on board its wide-bodied, 285-seat Airbus A330s, which were used in order to enable the largest number of Jordanians to return to the Kingdom as soon as possible.

The RJ president added that the company offers all possible facilitations to Jordanians at Tripoli airport, in coordination with the Jordanian embassy in Libya.

He also noted that RJ 's trip of Feb. 26, arrived in Amman with some empty seats, an indication that all those who reached the RJ counter were able to embark.

Dabbas said the Tripoli airport is severely congested due to the fact that thousands of passengers from around the world want to return home. This hinders the Jordanians' access to the RJ counter for bookings. Dabbas also stressed that the RJ staff give Jordanians priority to board the airplanes, providing them with all possible facilities before and during the trip.

RJ will keep on running its scheduled flights between Amman and Tripoli on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The RJ flights to Benghazi have been suspended since the crisis started because the city's airport was closed.

Dabbas called upon passengers wishing to fly back to Jordan to go directly to the airport, and not to the RJ sales office located in Al Saha Al Khadra' area in Tripoli, which is still closed because of the staff's inability to access it due to the heavy demonstrations and turmoil.

For more information, please contact
Rana Sam'an
Public Relations Dept.
Tel.: +962 6 5202068
Fax: +962 6 5202093
www.rj.com

© Press Release 2011

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