Royal Wings

Royal Wings[3] (RW, Arabic: الأجنحة الملكية) was an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It was a Royal Jordanian Group Company and the charter arm of Royal Jordanian. Its main base was at Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman with hubs also at Amman Civil Airport (ADJ), and King Hussein International Airport (AQJ).

A Royal Wings Airbus A320
Royal Wings Airline
IATA ICAO Callsign
RY[1] RYW[1] ROYAL WINGS
Founded1 January 1996
Ceased operations30 November 2018[2]
Fleet size1
Destinations2 (April 2017)
Parent companyRoyal Jordanian
HeadquartersAmman, Jordan
Key peopleOsama Quntar (Managing Director)
Websitehttp://www.royalwings.com.jo/

History

Royal Wings was initiated to develop a domestic and regional carrier for Jordan which could serve domestic travel and national and regional tours. During the introduction of Royal Wings, the fleet consisted of two Bombardier DHC-8s which operated scheduled flights from Amman Civil Airport in Jordan from Amman to Aqaba, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Arish, Ankara, Aleppo, Sharm el-Sheikh and Alexandria. In addition to charter services to several destinations, namely Larnaca, Rhodes, Antalya, Dalaman, Bodrum, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Alexandria, Luxor , and Aswan, mainly during the summer holiday season (June to October) and on occasions of festivals like Eid, Easter, Christmas and New Year.

In addition to air transport, Royal Wings provides handling and maintenance services to other aircraft. In 1979, the Fixed-base operator (FBO) was established at Amman Civil Airport by providing VIP handling to all general aviation aircraft as well as for commercial flights.

On November 13, 2018, the parent company of the airline Royal Jordanian, announced that all Royal Wings operations[4] would end on November 30, 2018, due to subsequent losses and high operating costs. It was also announced that the sole Royal Wings operated aircraft would be transferred back to Royal Jordanian. In addition, 12 seconded employees returned to Royal Jordanian and 18 new employees who previously were employed by Royal Wings also made the transfer to the parent company at the end of the month.[5]

Destinations

Royal Wings operated scheduled flights to the following destinations as of April 2017:[6]

Country City Airport Notes
EgyptCairoCairo International Airport
GeorgiaBatumiAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportCharter[7]
JordanAmmanQueen Alia International Airport
JordanAqabaKing Hussein International AirportBase
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportSeasonal
United Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International Airport[8]

Fleet

As of August 2017, Royal Wings operates one Airbus A320-200[1] leased from Royal Jordanian Airlines.[9]

References
  1. "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 18.
  2. "Royal Jordanian to stop operations of Royal Wings at the end of this month".
  3. "Royal Wings Airlines. Airline code, web site, phone, reviews and opinions". www.airlines-inform.com. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  4. "RJ to stop Royal Wings operations, offers solutions to employees". Jordan Times. 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  5. "RJ to stop Royal Wings operations, offers solutions to employees". 13 November 2018.
  6. Dron, Alan (21 April 2017). "Jordanian charter carrier Royal Wings to start scheduled flights". Air Transport World. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. "Jordan increases charter flights to Georgia". agenda.ge. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. Royal Wings to start direct Aqaba-Dubai flights. "Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Royal Wings to start direct Aqaba-Dubai flights". Ttnworldwide.com. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  9. "Jordan's Royal Wings expands into scheduled services niche". ch-aviation. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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