AMMAN — Royal Jordanian (RJ) President and CEO Samer
Majali said the national carrier slashed its losses by half in 2021, compared
to 2020, expecting to reach the equilibrium point next year by implementing a
package of measures for growth and expansion in operations.
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In his interview
with the Jordan News Agency, Petra, on Saturday, Majali noted the RJ is “still
waiting for government support to enable the airline to overcome losses due to
the Covid-19 induced
repercussions.”
RJ will not have
the capability to compete and grow in the future if government support is not
available, whose contribution in the company now stands at 85 percent,
according to Majali.
On the airline’s
current financial situation, he said the Covid-19 pandemic-related repercussions have caused RJ JD160 million in losses in 2020,
in addition to accumulated losses in 2019 of about JD80 million, bringing the
total to JD240 million.
Losses will soon
affect the RJ’s capital, which calls for “urgent” government intervention to
save the airline that “suffered losses beyond its control” during the Covid-19 pandemic, Majali warned.
“RJ requested
government financial support worth JD200 million to increase its capital,” he
said, stressing that the government has the responsibility to support RJ as a
strategic tool for the Jordanian state to maintain operations worldwide.
RJ did not
receive any support for its losses during the pandemic, according to Majali.
He also
announced that the company will start using the health passport from the
International Air Transport Association (IATA) within a month.
IATA launched an application
via mobile phones called the IATA Passport that provides a package of travel
requirements imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, such as PCR test results,
vaccine certificates, and others.
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