Rotana Jet

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Rotana Jet
IATA ICAO Callsign
RG RJD ROTANA
Founded2010
AOC #UAE AC-0006
HubsAbu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive Airport
Secondary hubsAbu Dhabi International Airport
Focus cities
Fleet size2
HeadquartersAbu Dhabi, UAE
Key peopleSheikh Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan (Chairman)
Websitewww.rotanajet.com

Rotana Jet (Arabic: روتانا جت Rūtānā Jat) is an airline with its main base at Al Bateen Executive Airport, Abu Dhabi. Its corporate head office is located in the NOVOTEL Gate Hotel, Khor Al Maqta Gate City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. While it initially operated only executive charter flights; Rotana started scheduled flights to Sir Bani Yas island in June 2012 but suspended scheduled operations in 2017.[1] Its flights to Fujairah made it the first domestic airline to connect two emirates.[2] On 6 April 2014, the airline announced Colombo and Mattala as its first international destinations outside the Gulf Cooperation Council.[3]

Destinations[edit]

Hub Hub
¤ Focus Cities
^ Future destinations
[T] Terminated destinations
Country City Airport Notes Refs
Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain International Airport Terminated
Bangladesh Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport Terminated
Bangladesh Dhaka Shah Jalal International Airport Terminated
Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait International Airport Terminated
Lebanon Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport Terminated
Oman Salalah Salalah Airport Terminated
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport Terminated
Pakistan Rahim Yar Khan Shaikh Zayed International Airport Terminated
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport Terminated [4]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated
Sri Lanka Hambantota Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport Terminated
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International AirportInt Hub
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive AirportBase Private Jet Services
United Arab Emirates Al Ain Al Ain International Airport Terminated
United Arab Emirates Dalma (island) Delma Airport Focus city
United Arab Emirates Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport Terminated
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport Terminated
United Arab Emirates Fujairah Fujairah International Airport Terminated
United Arab Emirates Sir Bani Yas Sir Bani Yas Airport Terminated

Fleet[edit]

Rotana Jet Embraer 145 at Dubai International Airport
Rotana Jet Airbus ACJ319 at London Heathrow Airport

The Rotana Jet fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of July 2019):[5]

Rotana Jet Fleet
Aircraft In
Fleet
Orders Passengers Notes
Gulfstream G450 1 14
Airbus A319-100 CJ 1 50
Total 2

The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of July 2017):[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rotana Jet moves into scheduled local flights". 6 June 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Rotana Jet claims spoils for first route between emirates". Zawya. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Rotana Jet to begin flights to Colombo and Mattala". 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Rotana Jet Slips Doha Launch to late-OCt 2015". Airlineroute.net. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (October 2018): 36. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Abu Dhabi's Rotana Jet Seeks to Double Fleet". 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

External links[edit]

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