Amman is aggressively positioning itself as a hub for business, and new projects are continually transforming the city's skyline. Following the 2003 Iraq War, all business dealings with Iraq flow through Amman in some way. Its airport, Queen Alia International Airport, is the hub of the national carrier, Royal Jordanian, which is a major airline in the region. The airline is headquartered in central Amman.
Amman is considered to be a regional leader in the following areas:
-Healthcare: Amman, and Jordan as a whole for that matter, is the Middle East's hub for medical tourism as the kingdom receives the most medical tourists in the region and the 5th highest in the world. Amman receives 250,000 foreign patients a year and receives over $1 billion annually.
-Information Technology: Amman is one of the top 10 cities in the world to launch a tech start-up in 2012 according to a California-based venture capital firm, surpassing traditional regional tech hot-spots like Dubai and Tel Aviv. It is also considered the region's "Silicon Valley". 75% of all Arabic content on the internet originates from Jordan. Rubicon Group Holding and Maktoob, two major regional tech companies, are based in Amman.
-Foreign Investment and Business: In a report by Dunia Frontier Consultants, Amman along with Doha and Dubai are the favored hubs for multinational corporations operating in the Middle East and North Africa region.[4] In FDI magazine, Amman was chosen as the Middle Eastern city with the most potential to be a leader in foreign direct investment in the region, beating Dubai. One of the Middle East's largest banks, Arab Bank, is headquartered in Amman. Also based in Amman is Aramex, the Middle East's largest logistics and transportation company. It is also one of the world's largest logistics and transportation companies in the world alongside DHL,FedEx, and UPS. Furthermore, several of the world's largest investment banks have offices in Amman including
