Jordan Times
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
RJ enhances nonstop services
to US
AMMAN (JT) — Royal Jordanian and America West Airlines are enhancing their
nonstop services between the US and the Kingdom by increasing flight options
during the busy summer season, an RJ statement said Monday.
The new options will make it more convenient for customers to schedule
connecting flights between the US and Jordan via each of the three gateway
cities RJ services in the US — New York, Chicago/O'Hare and Detroit.
Hussein Dabbas, head of marketing and sales at RJ, said the expansion is set to
begin May 23, when biweekly flights to Detroit will begin operating nonstop in
both directions, replacing the current service, which stops over in Chicago.
Effective June 1, flights to New York's JFK Airport will increase to five times
per week, and as of June 19, RJ will offer nonstop service to Chicago's O'Hare
Airport four times weekly, the statement said.
Dabbas added that all flights would be operated by Royal Jordanian and jointly
marketed with America West under the two carriers' code-share agreement, in
effect since the last quarter of 2004.
He stressed that passengers would enjoy more frequent and timely connections,
enabling them to reach destinations across the continent.
America West executive vice president of sales and marketing said the airline
was able to complement its strong domestic network with international alliances,
and the added flights would bolster the airline's code-share service with Royal
Jordanian.
The agreement enables RJ passengers to continue their travel with America West
to its hubs in Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Reciprocally,
America West passengers can travel onboard RJ from New York, Chicago or Detroit
to Amman, and from there to cities across the Middle East, the Arab Gulf, the
Far East and the Indian subcontinent.
Members of RJ and America West frequent flyer programmes can accrue and redeem
miles on all flights operated by either airline according to the marketing
alliance, the statement said.