Amman Queen Alia Airport

Not Verified | One of the worst experiences I have ever had. Being a frequent traveler through this airport, this was the worst experience. The airport security have zero respect for people in the way they treat everyone, I waited at the belt for more than two hours for my bag and then I had to guess that the bag is being held for security check, no warning or notification that I need to attend to my bag in a separate place. After reaching there I had to stand in line for a long and very slow moving line to go in a room, search through dozens of bag and locate my bag. There was no reason told for holding the bag, and after delaying it for 2.5 hours it just took 3 seconds on the belt to release it. What a lack if respect of humans and their time. I do not recommend using this airport if you can avoid it.

✅ Trip Verified | Ridiculous that you can smoke in lounge but smoking area in terminal is closed, apparently due to Covid. So lounge customers are obviously immune. I won't use this airport again.

Not Verified | First of all, all I have to mention is that the airport structure and shape is fantastic. Rain arrived once I arrived to the airport, making the experience better. Duty free is filled with everything you need, from liquor, tobacco, candies and more! Staff were so friendly. I have to give this airport a 10/10.

Not Verified | Totally disappointed. Not so friendly and inefficient staff. Looks they are on cutting on expenses. All travellators out of operation. All smoking areas closed. Wish had known this before hand. Never take this airport specially if you are a smoker.

✅ Trip Verified | I used to be a flight attendant for 12 years , visited above 100 airports around the world, never seen such rudeness and negligence like the one I have lately experienced at queen alia airport . The staff are so rude and aggressive, especially at the security and screening area, the luggage handlers are not available on both arrivals and departures, the duty free is pathetic and the facilities are very poor. If you try to a speak to them they threaten you. It was such an awful experience. I hope they understand how this could affect the tourism and the reputation of the country.

Not Verified | Unprofessional airport staff. Security personnel questioned me as to why I was waiting to pass through the diplomatic line because of my look and because I was not wearing a suit! When they saw my diplomatic residency and verified my passport they went through all the items in my carry on and insisted that I cannot have a hand lotion and foot cream with me on the plane (package is 100ml) and for that I had to buy an extra piece of luggage that cost me 107jod ($150) to have a 1.4 kg shipped as cargo. I also checked with the RJ counter attendant to allow me to have this in my bag knowing that I was shipping only 1 bag of 17kg and my allowance is 30kg, the lady was so rude and insisted that I either throw the hand lotion gift I was carrying or buy an extra bag which I ended doing. This is not the first time that airport staff at QAIA have acted in such way and as usual rudeness and unprofessionalism should be adopted as a slogan when someone deals with any Jordanian official.

Not Verified | The worst experience of my life. Because we have a Saudi ID, we were denied entry into Jordan after paying for Visas and PCR COVID on arrival tests. Hotel was booked and plans were all made. We got taken into a super dirty room with people on the floor and crying babies. Felt like a refugee camp in an airport with people here for 2 weeks (from Yemen) without a shower to wait for the next flight home. They tried to take our phones away and we needed to ask for permission to use the WC. We then finally got deported after the German embassy managed to speed up our case (16 hours is quick in comparison) and get us on a flight. Super rude and toxic police and airport staff: fast fast! they say to us (if they speak English) and when they work it’s „five minutes“ which turn into 20 minutes easily. Every police office is full of smoke and nobody knows what to do but smoke cigarettes and watch things on their smartphone. We came as tourists to visit this country and spend money there but guests are treated like trash by the security staff and police officers.

✅ Trip Verified | I had a very bad experience travelling through this airport, few staff member can understand English. They are rude and dont explain what they are about to do in terms of security checks. They search people irrespective of their age. It happens at every gate at last three times before you get your connecting flight . It takes ages and makes you run to catch a connecting flight. Won't recomend anyone with short connecting flight duration .

Not Verified | Looks nice and clean, but beware. Airport temperature is set at about 82 degrees in winter. I was so hot I thought I might be sick. There is a smoking area, which has doors, but is not sealed or ventilated properly so the airport smells of smoke everywhere. Staff are rude. Two security checks are needed for flights to the US. Not that they do anything different, but the exact same X-ray and pat down that was done downstairs needed to be repeated again upstairs. Everyone flying to the US had to do this double X-ray screening/pat down. Water that was purchased after the first security screening was not safe for the second security screening. Once you have had the second screening you are trapped in a glass box where you cannot get anything to eat or drink or use the bathroom. The line to get into the glass box was so long you couldn’t leave to meet your needs and try to redo the second screening for fear you would miss your flight. In hindsight I shouldn’t have worried about the time it would take to wait in line again since both flights were delayed several times despite having excellent weather. When the flights are delayed here it starts with 15-20 min at a time. Eventually you will be waiting for an additional hour or longer, which of course made us miss every additional flight we had. Don’t fly to or from Amman.

✅ Trip Verified | Just had an international flight with a short layover at Amman. We had to stay overnight because our flight was delayed and we missed the connection which is fine. However, when my group went through customs they took everything out of our baggage and questioned us about every piece, and destroyed right in front of us no less than 5 expensive souvenirs from Egypt including carved alabaster, special stone, etc. and they didn't care. Then they decided my bag had sand in it (I collect little vials of sand from destinations) and that is unacceptable in a carry-on so they walked me out to force me to check my carry-on bag. Which, since it's now a checked bag after being thoroughly checked at customs, it got checked again. This time they destroyed some glass pyramids. This was absolutely the worst airport treatment I've ever had at any location and I will absolutely not take another flight that lands in Amman ever again. Take your service elsewhere if you carry anything valuable or sentimental.