AMMAN — Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman
and King Hussein Airport in Aqaba received 14 tourist flights via low-cost
airlines on Saturday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) Managing Director Abdul Razzaq
Arabiyat said that QAIA received nine Ryanair flights carrying tourists from
Milan, Budapest, Brussels, Bologna, Malta, Vienna, and Stuttgart, while King
Hussein Airport received five low-cost airline flights, including three from
EasyJet — carrying tourists from Berlin, Geneva, and London — and two Ryanair flights
that arrived from Sofia and Milan.
Arabiyat added that these flights come as part of the JTB's
efforts to attract low-cost airlines. The country has seen an increase of
flights since July, he said, after the resumption of flights by low-cost
airlines contracted by the JTB to attract tourists to the Kingdom.
He explained that Jordan is seeing more European tourists
arriving on EasyJet and Ryanair flights, and that he expects this number to
rise further with the start of Wizz Air flights next month.
The contracting of low-cost airline flights to Jordan came
as part of recently announced plans by the government to attract more tourists.
He described the efforts as “essential” to reviving the economy.
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