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RJ to operate Hong Kong flights starting next year

(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN (JT) - Royal Jordanian (RJ) will open a gateway to the People's Republic of China on January 22, 2008 when it begins operating a regular service to Hong Kong, passing via the Thai capital, Bangkok.

RJ will operate three flights per week in order to service the active commercial movement between the two countries, RJ President/CEO Samer Majali said in a statement released by RJ.

With the addition of Hong Kong, the airline's destinations worldwide will total 55.

RJ's decision to add Hong Kong to its route map follows the airline's membership in the oneworld airline alliance, Majali said.

He added that RJ passengers from Amman to Hong Kong will be able to continue their journey to another 19 cities in China served by Dragonair, which is soon to become a member of the alliance, and operates 400 weekly domestic flights departing from Hong Kong.

RJ frequent flyers will be able to earn and redeem mileage on their flights between Amman and their final destinations in China.

The president also expressed expectations of increased demand on travel between Jordan and China after Amman and Hong Kong are connected, pointing out that the newly refurbished Airbus A310s will service the route.

Royal Jordanian flights will depart from Amman at 12.55am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving in Hong Kong at 7:00pm, while the return flights from Hong Kong will take off at 80pm and reach Amman at 4:00am, after stopping in Bangkok.

The flying time between Bangkok and Hong Kong is about three hours.

Hong Kong, the world's 11th largest trading location, maintains a highly capitalistic economy built on a free market policy. It is an important centre for international finance and trade, with the greatest concentration of corporate headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hong Kong encompasses a collection of 262 islands and peninsulas in the South China Sea and spreads out over 1,100 square kilometres. With a population of seven million, Hong Kong's climate is subtropical.