Feb 27 2011 |
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RJ airlifts 2,000 Jordanians from unrest-hit Libya
Amman - Royal Jordanian RJ has airlifted around 2,000 Jordanian citizens from Tripoli to Amman since the beginning of the turmoil in Libya.
RJ President/CEO Hussein Dabbas said Sunday that the national carrier continues its five weekly regular services between Amman and Tripoli as per the flight schedule.
The airline was asking the civil aviation authority at Tripoli airport to allow it to operate extra flights, said Dabbas, adding that only one additional flight was approved so far, and that was last Wednesday.
Dabbas noted that the national airline had flown home 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 citizens 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 Tripoli airport is severely congested due to the fact that thousands of passengers from around the world wanted to return home.
The overcrowding 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 start of the crisis that led to the closure of the airport in Libya's second largest city.
Dabbas called upon passengers wishing to fly home to go directly to the airport, and not to the RJ sales office located in Al Saha Al Khadra in the Libyan capital Tripoli, which is still closed because of the staff's inability to access it due to the turmoil.
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