Royal Jordanian to launch flights to Belgrade in April next year

Royal Jordanian Airlines will introduce a new year-round service between Amman and Belgrade in April 2026, with flights to be scheduled shortly. As reported by EX-YU Aviation News back in June, the Oneworld member will return to the Serbian capital following a 35-year hiatus. The carrier initially plans to run two weekly flights between the two cities, increasing to four weekly over the 2026/27 winter season, which begins in late October next year. The carrier plans to initially deploy its 122-seat Embraer E195 E2 aircraft on the route. As EX-YU Aviation News has learned, Royal Jordanian and Air Serbia have been in contact over potential cooperation on the route.

Although Serbian passport holders require a visa to enter Jordan, they can be obtained on arrival and do not require additional paperwork. Royal Jordanian will become the second Oneworld member carrier to serve Belgrade, joining Qatar Airways.

Royal Jordanian Airlines maintained flights to Belgrade until Yugoslavia’s collapse. In its final year of service, it maintained a weekly rotation, competing against JAT Yugoslav Airlines, with a morning departure from Amman and a mid-afternoon service back to its hub from Belgrade. Over the years, it used a range of aircraft on the route, including the Lockheed L1011 Tristar and the Airbus A310, although the last equipment utilized between the two cities prior to the termination of flights was the Boeing 727. Royal Wings, a former subsidiary of Jordan’s national carrier, operated charter flights to Belgrade in 2008. At the same time, Jat Airways maintained summer charters to Aqaba.

Royal Jordanian has launched a number of new European destinations over the past two years in line with its commercial strategy to expand its route network and attract more inbound tourism to Jordan, as well as make Amman a transfer hub for the Levant region. It plans to expand its network to sixty destinations and increase its fleet to close to forty aircraft as part of its ongoing five-year growth plan.

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