RyanAir Airways raises the number of flights to Jordan to 25

AlAnbat - Haya Alsaber

 Ireland's low-cost tourism activation authority and airline RyanAir have renewed their cooperation agreement to run until 2028.

 The agreement included an increase of 4 new lines for the company, bringing the number of lines marching to Jordan to 25 linking the Kingdom with 12 European cities, an unprecedented figure in the Kingdom's history.

 The signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Makram Al-Qaisi, Chief Executive Officer of RyenAir, Eddie Wilson, and Director General of the Tourism Promotion Authority, Dr. Abdul Razak Arabiyat.

 "This agreement reflects the importance of low-cost aviation in attracting tourists to Jordan," Al-Qaisi said during the signing ceremony, pointing out that the Kingdom has seen a positive shift in tourist traffic in recent years following the end of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

 "We are pleased that the number of the lines will be increased with Ryanair Worldwide, which will have the effect of significantly increasing the number of tourists to the Kingdom over the coming period."

 "Low-cost flights have given new impetus to Jordanian tourism, enabling it to make a significant leap that has contributed to increasing tourist numbers," said the Director-General of the Tourism Activation Authority.

 Arabiat predicted that the Kingdom will see rising numbers of overnight tourists, stating that this positive shift has been moving forward strongly since its inception in 2018.

 The expected increase in tourist numbers would contribute to the distribution of tourism development gains to all governorates, in addition to marketing tourism experiences in the Kingdom, which would be reflected in local communities for the purpose of creating new jobs.

 Arabiat stated that Ryanair has a large number of followers on its social media pages, and therefore professional and strong marketing content is invested in them to raise awareness of tourism in Jordan.

 In turn, the CEO of Ryanair expressed his pleasure at renewing the cooperation agreement with Jordan, which began five years ago, which will contribute to increasing the number of its lines to the Kingdom.

 He noted that the launch of Ryen Air services in Jordan had had a positive impact on enhancing the dynamism of the tourism sector, which had led to an increase in the flow of entirely new categories of tourists to Jordan, especially from eastern Europe.

 Wilson pointed out that the renewal of the agreement between the Authority and the Ryen Air will contribute to increasing the number of routes to 25 lines within more than 100 flights per week, expecting more than 600 thousand passengers to and from Jordan annually, leading to a growth of up to 30 percent in flights to Jordan compared to 2022.

 Three new lines would link Amman with Italy's Pisa, Belgian Brussels and French Marseille, adding that a fourth line would link the city of Aqaba with Spanish Madrid.

 Ryanair has launched its first flights to the Kingdom on 27/03/2018, with 715,660,000 passengers arriving in Oman (through Queen Alia International Airport) since the start of operation until 31 July 2023.

 The number of passengers arriving in Amman (through Queen Alia International Airport) from the beginning of 2023 to 31 July 2023 has reached 135,255.

 The number of passengers arriving in Aqaba (through King Hussein International Airport) since its inception to 31 March 2023 has reached 99,512. From 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2023, the number of passengers arriving in Aqaba (King Hussein International Airport) reached 30,261.

 Ryanair's presence on social media is one of the strongest in the world's aviation sector, with 5 million followers on their Facebook page, 1.1 million followers on their Instagram page, 766,000 followers on their Twitter page, 98.3 thousand subscribers on their YouTube channel and 634,000 followers on their LinkedIn page.

 The number of visitors to their social media pages has reached 54.6 million per month, which is of great marketing and promotional importance for Jordan.