RJ names Suleiman Obeidat as interim CEO

AMMAN — The Royal Jordanian board of directors elected on Tuesday Captain Suleiman Obeidat as interim CEO of RJ effective on Wednesday for a transitional period of three months. In the same session, the board accepted the resignation of CEO Captain Haitham Misto, an RJ statement said.

Obeidat was the chief commissioner of the Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission between 2007 and 2010, and director general of the Jordan Civil Aviation Authority between 2004 and 2007. At RJ, he occupied the position of deputy president/chief technical officer between 2002 and 2004, and vice president of flight operations from 2000 to 2002, the statement said.