Royal Jordanian transports 992 thousand travelers with a 5% improvement.
The second quarter poses a challenge amidst regional circumstances and rising fuel prices.
Khaberni - Royal Jordanian Airlines announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, which showed an improvement in operational performance indicators compared to the same period in 2025, despite the ongoing challenges faced by the aviation sector and the geopolitical conditions in the region.
According to the company's financial data, total operating revenues during the first quarter of 2026 rose to 195.5 million dinars, compared with 169.8 million dinars for the same period last year, achieving a growth of 15%. As for passenger traffic, the number of passengers on the company's aircraft rose to about 992 thousand passengers during the first quarter of the year 2026, compared with 944 thousand passengers during the same period of the year 2025, achieving a growth of 5%, while flight hours recorded a significant growth of 19%.
By contrast, operating costs rose to 176.5 million dinars compared with 157.4 million dinars during the first quarter of the previous year, an increase of 12%, reflecting the rise in operating costs associated with the aviation sector during the mentioned period. Consequently, the company registered a net loss of 13.6 million dinars compared with a loss of 6 million dinars in the first quarter of 2025.
Royal Jordanian's Vice-Chairman and CEO, Engineer Samer Al-Majali, stated that the exceptional circumstances witnessed in the first quarter of this year, since the outbreak of war on the twenty-eighth of February, and the challenges that continue to face the aviation sector, have cast a negative shadow on the company's financial results. He explained that the Royal Jordanian had to reroute a number of its flights through alternative, longer air routes, to avoid conflict zones, leading to increased flight durations and operational costs, particularly in terms of fuel consumption and insurance costs, putting additional pressure on the company's performance during this period.
Regarding expectations for the second quarter of the current year, Al-Majali clarified that Royal Jordanian continues to operate in an extremely complex and changing environment alongside significant rises in fuel prices coupled with a sharp decrease in the number of passengers, imposing additional pressures on the operational and financial performance of the company, necessitating decisions that include canceling or merging a large number of flights during the upcoming period to align with actual demand levels and maintain operational efficiency.
Al-Majali emphasized that Royal Jordanian is making every effort to minimize the impact of these changes on travelers and apologizes for any delays or changes to flight schedules and routes beyond its control, urging travelers to follow its official website and contact centers for more information.
He indicated that the company continues to make every effort to handle the crisis flexibly and efficiently, contributing to maintaining travel movement and transporting passengers, and supporting vital sectors in Jordan in addition to continuing to implement its strategic plan, where the company has introduced two new aircraft into the fleet to serve medium and long-haul routes, while it has launched vital destinations to Misrata in Libya, Munich and Hamburg in Germany, and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, which supports improving financial performance in the upcoming periods.
