Jordan’s aviation market is set for a major shake-up as Air Arabia Jordan enters

Jordan's relatively quiet aviation market is due for a long-awaited shake up, beginning on 18-May-2015, as Air Arabia Jordan starts operations from Amman.

The arrival of the Air Arabia Group's latest cross-border joint venture comes as flag carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines has posted improving financial results, having entered into a major restructuring in 2014 to pull itself out of two years of heavy losses.

With the Jordanian air travel sector itself still recovering from the fall-out from Arab Spring and ongoing regional instability, the addition of a low-cost player and the rebuilding of the dominant home carrier is set to shake up one of the region's more stable markets.