On 21st March, the fist RJ180 Airbus landed in Guangzhou marks Royal Jordanian's inauguration of a new regular route between the Jordanian capital, Amman, and the Chinese city of Guangzhou, also known as Canton, with three weekly flights. The frequency of the flights will be increased to meet passenger demand.
According to RJ, Flight RJ180 will operate from Amman to Guangzhou, Flight181 from Guangzhou to Amman. RJ will run flights to Guangzhou via Bangkok - stop for about 1 hour on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, using its wide-body Boeing 787 or Airbus 330 aircraft.
RJ’s Airbus 330 landed at Guangzhou International Airport early in the morning. Besides passengers, on board the inaugural flight was also an RJ delegation headed by RJ’s Chief Commercial Officer Dr. Majdi Sabri, a press delegation, officials from Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) accompanied by tour operators.
Guangzhou will be RJ’s second Chinese destination and the fifth in the Far East. The others are: Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.
Flights to Guangzhou, China's third largest city and the largest in the south-central region of the country, are bound to serve the active trade and commerce traffic between Jordan and China.
In 2014, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was China's second busiest and the world's 16th busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic; it handled over 55 million passengers that year.
Sabri said that adding Guangzhou to the route network is in line with the strategy that RJ is now implementing; one of the pillars of this strategy is to review the route network and open new, profitable markets. He said that Guangzhou, the 56th destination on the RJ network, will be an added value to the network, meeting the demand of tourists and businessmen in the two countries, as well as of tradesmen from different neighboring countries, such as Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Palestine, especially since Guangzhou serves as a significant national transportation hub and trading port.
Sabri also said that Guangzhou offers a great opening to the tourism potential, enabling both Chinese and Jordanian tourists to visit.
Guangzhou is well known for its ancient civilization and exquisite nature, and Jordan boasts distinguished archaeological sites that exert a great attraction on tourists.
Jordan is known for its archaeological and tourist attractions, the most significant being the red-rose city of Petra — one of the world’s new seven wonders.
Moreover, Jordan is distinguished by hosting the lowest point on earth, the baptism site, Decapolis cities like Jerash, Umm Qais and Philadelphia (Amman), which boasts the Citadel and the Roman Amphitheatre and many more. The Gulf of Aqaba is marked as one of the best coastal cities in the Middle East.
The planes take off from Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, at 2:30 and reach Guangzhou at 20:15; they depart Guangzhou at 22:05 and land in Amman at 05:25 the following day, according to the winter flight schedule, with a short stop in Bangkok both ways.
As per the summer flight schedule, which starts end of March, the planes take off from Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, at 3:35 and reach Guangzhou at 20:45; they depart Guangzhou at 22:05 and land in Amman at 6:00 the following day.
RJ customers may book their flights at any of the company's sales offices or agents in Jordan, China and worldwide, through the airline's booking engine at www.rj.com, through the RJ application on smart phones or by contacting the RJ call center at +962 6 5100000.
The RJ network saw the addition of four cities in the past eight months: Najaf, Tabuk, Ankara and Jakarta. It shut down others for either economic or security reasons.
3月21日，首架皇家约旦航空（简称约旦航空）RJ180航班满载往来约旦首都安曼的中阿友人抵达广州白云机场，自此，约旦航空飞往广州的全新航线开通，该航线每周3班往返于约旦首都安曼和中国广州之间。为满足乘客的需要，约旦航空还将加密该航班频次。
据了解，约旦航空广州至安曼航线为RJ181，安曼至广州为RJ180，每周一、三、五经曼谷飞往广州，曼谷经停时间约为1小时，由宽体客机波音787型客机或空客A330型客机执飞。
约旦航空的波音787型客机于3月21日晚8时15分抵达广州，除乘客外，首航航班上还有由皇家约旦航空首席商务官Majdi Sabri博士带领的皇家约旦航空代表团、媒体代表团，以及在约旦当地旅行社陪同下的约旦旅游局官员。
广州将成为约旦航空在中国的第二个目的地，以及在远东的第五个目的地，其他四个目的地分别是香港、曼谷、吉隆坡和雅加达。广州作为中国第三大城市和中国中南部地区最大的城市，此次通航必将极大地促进中国与约旦之间活跃的商业和贸易往来。
2014年，广州白云国际机场跻身中国最繁忙机场的第二名以及世界最繁忙机场的第16位，年旅客吞吐量达到近5,500万人次。
Sabri先生表示，此次广州加入到约旦航空的航线网络是与约旦航空正在实施的战略相一致的，而这个战略的其中一个支柱，就是检验原有的航线网络，并增开新的、可盈利的市场。
他还提到，广州是约旦航空航线网络中的第56个目的地，将满足中国与约旦，以及其他邻国，如黎巴嫩、埃及、沙特阿拉伯、伊拉克、巴勒斯坦等国的休闲游客和商务旅客的需求。尤其是作为中国国内重要的中转站和贸易港，广州必将为约旦航空的航线网络增值添彩。
Sabri先生补充道，与广州的通航还将带来巨大的旅游潜力，更加方便两国游客之间的互访。
广州因其古老的文明和美丽的自然风光而闻名，而约旦则以杰出的考古遗迹吸引着来自世界各地的游客，其中最驰名的就是世界七大奇迹之一，被誉为“玫瑰之城”的佩特拉。此外，约旦占据着世界陆地的最低点，更是著名的受洗之地，还有以城堡和罗马圆形剧场著称的德卡波利斯城邦城市，如杰拉什、乌姆盖斯和安曼。而亚喀巴湾则被认为是中东地区最好的海港城市之一。
根据冬季航班时刻表：安曼至广州的航班于02:30从安曼阿勒娅王后国际机场起飞，20:15抵达广州。广州—安曼航班于22:05起飞，于第2天05:25抵达安曼，往返都在曼谷进行短暂停留。
而根据从3月底开始执行的夏季航班时刻表，安曼至广州的航班于03:35从安曼阿勒娅王后国际机场起飞，20:45抵达广州。广州至安曼航班则于22:05起飞，于第2天06:00抵达安曼。
乘客可以在约旦、中国以及全世界任意一家皇家约旦航空公司的销售点或代理机构预订机票，也可以通过官网www.rj.com上的订票系统、智能手机上的RJ APP客户端，或通过约旦航空呼叫中心+962 6 5100000实现预订。
