Royal Jordanian, Wizz Air Weigh Costs of Israel-Hamas War
Photo Credit: Royal Jordanian Samer Majali hopes for a quick resolution to the conflict in Israel. Flickr / Henry Chow 0516
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In addition to flight routing adjustments, Royal Jordanian is also dealing with high fuel costs, a recent capital restructuring, and delays of new Airbus due to begin arriving next year.
For Royal Jordanian CEO Samer Majali, the war between Israel and Hamas creates multiple challenges.
“Our problem is bigger than Tel Aviv," Majali said at the Routes World conference in Istanbul on Monday. "Our problem is overflying Israel. Jordan is right east of Israel, [and] our main routes are over Israel so we now have to go north and south.”
That creates additional complexity and cost for Amman-based Royal Jordanian as it must route flights either north over Lebanon and Syria, or south over Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Neither are big routing changes but, for an airline that is still trying to stem its pandemic losses, any extra cost is a hit.
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