1 · POSITION
On the Airbus A320 Royal Jordanian’s Crown Class is a small room at the front rather than a suite. The airline’s fleet page gives 12 Crown Class seats in rows one to three at a seat spacing of 46 inches, within a cabin offering a seating capacity of 150 passengers in a typical two-class configuration. Economy holds 138 seats in rows seven to 29 at 30 to 35 inches. The premium offer is carried less by the seat than by what surrounds it. [1]
2 · THE LOUNGE KEEPS KITCHEN HOURS
The Crown Lounge at Queen Alia International Airport is organised around meal times. Breakfast runs from 5:00 AM to 12:00 PM, lunch from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and dinner from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, with manakeesh cooked through the morning. The airline states that its three-course menus are refreshed every three months and that it is the only airport lounge in Jordan offering live cooking stations. Passengers travelling outside Business Class may use the room for up to three hours. [2]
3 · CHINA AND SILVER AT THE SEAT
Crown Class meals are served on elegant chinaware with polished silverware, in the airline’s own words. The menu is described as an array of Western, Oriental and Asian dishes, with two hot meals and a tuck shop service on the longest flights and a single service on shorter sectors. All food options are halal, and Hindu and Kosher meals are carried as alternatives. Child and baby meals are prepared on request. [3]
4 · THE FOOD CONCEPT WAS REWORKED
On 13 September 2017 the airline announced from Amman that it had reworked and enhanced its onboard food concept. Snack meals of cheese, cold cuts, a main dish, Arabic sweets, bottled water and juice were introduced on medium and short-haul flights, prepared with dnata Catering Jordan at Queen Alia International Airport. Hot meals were kept in Crown Class. The chief executive, Stefan Pichler, asked customers to comment on the new cold snack service. [4]
5 · ⚑ CANDOUR
⚑ The 12 seats and the 46 inches are A320 figures and must not be read across other types. Largest lounge at Queen Alia and only live cooking stations in Jordan are the airline’s claims, not findings of this entry. The 2017 announcement records a decision at that date and does not establish what is served now. The fleet page gives three different range figures for the same aircraft, which is a caution on its numbers. Nothing fetched addresses the register’s founding year of 1963. [1–4]
Sources & Further Reading
Sources checked 12 October 2026.