ROYAL JORDANIAN-ALIA PART V 1990-99
1990
The 1990 summer timetable shows drastic changes in the network structure of the company. ORD, LAX and MIA are dropped as well as CPH and BUH. The first quarter of 1990 sees a 10.4% drop in seats filled and a17.4% drop in passenger-revenue kilometer, the year will continue on its downward slope as the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi forces will result in drop of traffic as the result of the cancelling of tour operators contracts as well as a sharp decline in transit traffic. Load factor reaches 50% in September compared to a high 78% in July.
1991
The invasion of Kuwait and the gulf war will cost RJ about $100.000.000 . Operations will be reduced to a bare minimum with flights only to LCA, CAI and VIE (when a small hub for its operations was established and part of its fleet will seek refuge), the company will resort to publish weekly schedules in the newspapers. The only bright events were the introduction of CMB and YYZ.
1992
The year will see the introduction of Berlin (TXL) on June 3, 1992 and CGK is launched on June 15, 1992. The 1992 summer timetable reflects also the direct result of the Gulf war as BGW and KWI are dropped from the company’s network.
1993
The company carries 1.183.982 passengers +40% over 1991, revenues reached $367.000.000 +18% over 1992 and net profit of $2.300.000. ORD is re-introduced after 2 years absence. The world Airline directory shows the introduction of 2 A320-200 in the airline’s operations .
1994
A world shattering event will occur in 1994, a peace treaty will be signed between Jordan and Israel on October 26,1994. Already in July of the same year, Jordanian aircraft could overfly Israel and thus reducing greatly the flying time between Jordan and Europe as flights used to be routed through Lebanon and Egypt. The company carries 1.219.901 passengers. The 1994 summer timetable sees the (re) appearance of AAN, SVO ATH, while TIP, seems to have eclipsed due to UN sanctions.
1995
Royal Jordanian will see a surge of 4.1% in traffic growth and passengers carried reach 1.270.008 . BEG will be re-introduced as well as CMN, Alexandria (Egypt) will make its appearance on the RJ map with a AMM-ALY and a AMM-CAI-ALY routes and the ORD route will be extended to DTW but only as a seasonal service.
1996
The year will see the retirement of 2 Boeing 727-200 (JY-AFU/V) and the drop of BEG ( as a result of UN sanctions). Royal Wings a subsidiary of Royal Jordanian will launch flights to TLV in April 1996 with a DHC8-300. The flights will be launched from Marka airport in order to avert any backlash from Arab countries opposed to the peace treaty with Israel as well as providing better security measures. The company will also see a traffic increase of 4.6 % and a profit of $12.300.000 . The Boeing 727-200 are withdrawn from service .
1997
2 new destinations will enrich the already rich portfolio of Royal Jordanian: Mumbai and Milan. However, the winter timetable of 1997/98 will witness some dramatic changes: Kuwait will be re-introduced but SIN/YMX/YYZ will be dropped. AQJ is both served from Queen Alia and Marka airports by Royal Wings. HFA will be briefly served also by Royal Wings.
1998
Royal Jordanian sells its L1011-500 to American Trans Air and THR is back on RJ’s network
1999
Moscow becomes a code-share destination with Aeroflot (with the introduction of the winter 1998/99 timetable) TIP is (re)-introduced and Milan is dropped (during the winter 1998/99 ) TLV is served by Royal Jordanian A320, in addition to the services provided with by Royal Wings. Amsterdam stops to be the re-fuelling stop on the North American services and is replaced by SNN. Montreal is dropped due to poor economics. GZA will be introduced by Royal Wings in the summer 1999 timetable. Worth noting is the fact that the direct flights to BKK and KUL were re-routed through DOH. The approval of the privatization of Royal Jordanian is taken. The company still operated during this decade some dog leg services, the most popular being : AMM-ANK-IST-AMM, AMM-AUH-AAN-AMM, other which were operated briefly were AMM-LIN-FCO-AMM (in 1998) and AMM-BAH-DMM-AMM (in 1999)
ROYAL JORDANIAN FLEET 1990-1999
By JetPix - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Jordanian-Airline/Airbus-A310-304/0208065/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/6/0/0208065.jpg, GFDL 1.2, Link
AIRBUS A320.JY-AYA "Cairo"
By Raimund Stehmann - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Jordanian-Airline/Airbus-A320-212/0631986/L , GFDL, Link
By JetPix - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Jordanian-Airline/Boeing-707-384C/0199426/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/2/4/0199426.jpg, GFDL 1.2, Link
By Felix Goetting - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Jordanian-Airline/Lockheed-L-1011-385-3-TriStar/0846868/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/6/8/0846868.jpg, GFDL 1.2, Link
TIMETABLE COVERS From the ARTHUR NA COLLECTION
ROYALJORDANIAN & the USA market
| PASSENGERS |
RJ
|
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YEAR
|
TOTAL SCHEDULED
|
JFK
|
ORD
|
DTW
|
MKT SHARE
|
1990
|
59,026
|
55,960
|
3,066
|
100%
|
|
1991
|
49,511
|
49,511
|
100%
|
||
1992
|
68,955
|
68,955
|
100%
|
||
80,569
|
69,971
|
10,598
|
100%
|
||
1994
|
95,434
|
67,653
|
27,781
|
100%
|
|
1995
|
106,515
|
72,423
|
32,374
|
1,718
|
100%
|
117,669
|
77,880
|
37,485
|
2,304
|
100%
|
|
1997
|
127,079
|
88,036
|
35,002
|
4,041
|
100%
|
1998
|
124,076
|
83,536
|
36,698
|
3,842
|
100%
|
1999
|
114,627
|
74,517
|
34,537
|
5,473
|
100%
|
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