The non-MEB3s – how Gulf Air, Oman Air and Royal Jordanian are developing their networks
With growth at Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways showing no signs of slowing, how have the national carriers of Bahrain, Oman and Jordan responded in recent years? What has been the focus of their network growth? Which routes will they be dropping in 2012? And just how much bigger are the MEB3 carriers in terms of airports served, weekly flights, weekly seats and weekly ASKs?













Six new routes that started this week from six different airlines, plus an update on one that was supposed to start this week but has been delayed.
Royal Jordanian may be based in the centre of a fairly volatile region but its traffic is growing at 20% per annum. Its fleet of Airbus and Embraer will (one-day) be complemented by 787 Dreamliners. A new route to Kiev begins next week.