VOL. XLIII

No. 21

22-May-2000

JORDAN

Royal Jordanian Airlines Expects 100% Divestment This Year Despite Skeptical Market

Royal Jordanian Airlines is planning to privatize 100% of the company this year and is actively looking for investors following a number of measures undertaken to improve financial performance. According to the airlines Director General Nadir Zahabi, quoted in an interview with AFP on 7 May, these measures resulted in net profits of $36mn in 1999 following years of financial...