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SAID DARWAZEH, CHAIRMAN.
STEFAN PICHLER, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO).
anna.aero interview 2019-08:
anna.aero: On LinkedIn it shows that you have an extensive aviation background, with (CEO) positions with carriers including airberlin (BER) and Jazeera Airways (JZI). What prompted you to join (RJA)?
Stefan Pichler: I always try to get into interesting business cases which are challenging and I have always done that. I also like turnaround situations, and have turned around a lot of companies in the past. (RJA) was a very special case, however, it was pretty obvious that you could do something with this company. It was an interesting case and I decided let’s do it!
aa: How important is the European market for (RJA) and are there any potential new routes which you are considering?
SP: I think for us at (RJA) we define the Levant as our home market and from the Levant to Europe there is huge potential, and this potential will increase because we will hopefully be able to open up more destinations. In addition to this, our network from Europe is quite extensive and we have 18 destinations, all of which we are serving very well. Our partnership with oneworld (ONE) and code share agreements with airlines such as British Airways (BAB) and Iberia (IBE) has enabled us to cover the European market. The challenge for us in Jordan is that we have intense competition with the (LCC)s such as Ryanair (RYR) and easyJet (RYR). Ryanair flies to 14 destinations in Europe from Jordan and will increase this to 18 destinations in (W19), while (EZY) is continuing to add more and more destinations from Jordan. However, for now, our results to Europe have been very positive. We opened Copenhagen as a destination last year; this year we decided not to add any new destinations because we wanted to see how the competition with (RYR) and (RYR) is panning out.
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