After a short stroll around Amman and a few hours of rest, I was ready for my overnight flight to Bangkok.
The experience began with a relaxing visit to Royal Jordanian’s Crown Lounge in Amman.
The lounge is in a pleasant setting on a mezzanine level, overlooking the terminal.
This is quite an expansive lounge and offers a variety of food options, including a pizzeria, bakery and ice-cream station.
The lounge also has shower suites at a cost of $20 (£16). As I had come straight from my hotel, I opted not to avail myself of this and headed instead to the serviced bar.
After a couple of hours relaxing in the lounge, it was time to board the Boeing 787-8 for the 1:40am departure to Bangkok, a flight time of a little over eight hours.
The business class seating on the Royal Jordanian Dreamliner offers a flat-bed option and is arranged in a 2-2-2 configuration. As always with such a configuration, my preference was for the centre pair of seats, which offer direct aisle access to both passengers.
The footwells for these pairs of seats are at least separated and not angled towards each other, which was an improvement on my earlier Eurowings flight.
The seat adjacent to me was occupied for this flight. However, I was unconcerned by this, as there was sufficient space between the seats and adequate private screening when in flat-bed mode.
As it was now around 2:30am, local time, a light meal of hot and cold appetisers and dessert was offered, comprising both western and oriental options.
I chose the western menu of mozzarella salad, risotto and lotus mousse, all of which were fresh and tasty.
A variety of drinks are also offered.
The menu does not proactively offer alcohol, but beer and wine are available on request. Due to the late hour and relatively short flight time, I chose not to imbibe, preferring to maximise my sleep time.
After around four hours of reasonably comfortable sleep, I awoke around an hour and a half out of Bangkok.
Again, there were western and oriental options for the breakfast service.
I chose the western menu with a Spanish omelette, chicken sausage, mushrooms and tomatoes, served with a croissant and fresh fruit.
In conclusion, Royal Jordanian’s Crown Class, whilst not a top-tier business class product, provided a perfectly satisfactory experience for a relatively short overnight flight.
It was certainly superb value for money at £508 ($648) for a three-sector journey from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur.
