Jordan Airways
| Jordan Airways | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | JN |
| ICAO code : | JN |
| Call sign : | (unknown) |
| Founding: | 1961 |
| Operation stopped: | 1963 |
| Seat: |
Amman , Jordan
|
| Home airport : | Amman-Marka |
| Fleet size: | 3 (1962) |
| Aims: | international |
| Jordan Airways ceased operations in 1963. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Jordan Airways was a Jordanian airline based in Amman and based at the local airport Marka . The company ceased operations in December 1963.
history
The scheduled airline Jordan Airways was founded on September 1, 1961 in Amman . The state of Jordan held 35% of the company and the Lebanese Middle East Airlines (MEA) held a 25% stake, the remaining shares were held by private investors. At the same time as it was founded, the Jordanian government withdrew their operating license from all other airlines in the country . This affected Air Jordan , founded in 1950, and Jordan International Airlines , founded in 1954, both of which had to cease operations on September 13, 1961.
Jordan Airways began operations on September 29, 1961 with a Douglas C-47 (DC-3) leased from MEA . One day later, the company received the first leased Vickers 754D Viscount from MEA, a second Viscount followed on October 7, 1961. In May 1962, the Jordan Airways network from Amman included the destinations Beirut , Damascus , Doha , Jeddah , Jerusalem (then belonging to Jordan), Cairo and Kuwait .
In 1963, King Hussein decided to end the cooperation with MEA and instead set up a new Jordanian airline. This resulted in Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines on December 9, 1963 , which opened its flight operations on December 15, 1963 and took over the route network and the two leased Vickers Viscounts from Jordan Airways.
fleet
Jordan Airways has used the following aircraft in the course of its existence:
- Douglas C-47 ( license plate JY-ACJ )
- Vickers 754D Viscount ( JY-ACI and JY-ACK )
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Utopia Airport, Jordan Airways - Alia Vickers Viscount Operations , accessed on May 29, 2020
- ^ United States Department of Commerce: Foreign Commerce Weekly , Oct. 23, 1961, p. 3
- ↑ a b Vickers Viscount Network, Jordan Airways (English), accessed on May 29, 2020
- ↑ Jordan Airways, May 1962 timetable , accessed May 29, 2020
- ↑ United States, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Part 1, No. 62-71, Basic Data on the Economy of Jordan, Nov. 1962, 7
- ↑ Pascal Brugier: The Registers of the World , accessed on May 29, 2020
