The service is scheduled to increase to five flights in the coming summer.

President/CEO Samer Majali said that opening this route services the active commercial movement between the two countries. The service will have a great impact on businessmen and tourists, and will stimulate relations between Jordan and China in all fields of interest. Hong Kong is a major international economic centre and a magnet for businessmen from all over the world.

Majali added that RJ's decision to add Hong Kong to its route map follows the airline's membership in the oneworld airline alliance which joins among its members Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, the Cathay Pacific group member. Dragonair joined oneworld on November 1 last year. With the addition of Hong Kong, the airline will fly to 55 destinations worldwide.

The president also voiced expectations of increased demand on travel between Jordan and China after connecting Amman and Hong Kong with three weekly flights via Bangkok, to which RJ operates daily flights in the winter and five direct weekly flights in the summer. He pointed out that the newly refurbished Airbus A310s will service the route.

Hong Kong is the world's eleventh largest trading location; its economy is dominated by services, which account for over 90% of its gross domestic product. Together with Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, Hong Kong is known as one of the Four Asian Tigers. Hong Kong maintains a highly capitalist economy built on a free market policy, low taxation and no intervention on the part of the government. It is an important centre for international finance and trade, with the greatest concentration of corporate headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.

RJ will open another new route to Baku in Azerbaijan at the beginning of next April.

Date posted: 21-Jan-08