Royal Jordanian launches Manchester and Stansted flights to Amman

Royal Jordanian Airlines has announced it is launching flights between Amman, Manchester and Stansted next year “as part of the airline’s strategic plans to …. focus on incoming tourism”.

These will be redeemable for Avios.

In the past 12 months, the airline has been growing its European footprint and has already launched Lyon, Milan, Stockholm, Düsseldorf and Brussels. Manchester and Stansted will be its second and third UK destinations after Heathrow and the airline is in the midst of a five-year plan to grow its fleet from 24 to 40 aircraft.

Flights launch in early March and are operated by an A320-family aircraft with Royal Jordanian’s short-haul business class product, which we last reviewed in 2018.

Business Class has wide, comfy 2×2 seating as you would see in the United States. It isn’t the ‘blocked middle seat’ model used by British Airways, Lufthansa etc. The premium over Economy, especially if using Avios, is probably worth it.

Manchester

Flights to Manchester launch on 6th March and will operate three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays:

• RJ116 departs Manchester at 14:00 and arrives in Amman at 22:05
• RJ115 departs Amman at 10:30 and arrives in Manchester at 13:15

London Stansted

Flights to London Stansted launch on 3rd March and will operate three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays:

• RJ114 departs Stansted at 14:00 and arrives in Amman at 21:55
• RJ113 departs Amman at 10:15 and arrives in Stansted at 12:40

Flight times for both routes are just over five hours.

As Royal Jordanian is a member of the oneworld alliance you will be able to earn Avios and tier points as well as redeem Avios for flights.

PS. Royal Jordanian is currently offering a status match to the equivalent of British Airways Silver. If you have status with any other major airline you probably qualify to get yourself access to BA lounges, free seat selection etc for a year.

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