In serious financial and material difficulty, the aeronautical flagship Daher is preparing to transfer part of its production to Morocco . A decision that provokes anger from unions, concerned about the future of the historic Tarbes site.
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR have just received a second delivery of American AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters. The Moroccan fleet now counts 12 of these cutting-edge aircraft, out of the 24 ordered from Boeing.
The drone manufacturer Delair is setting up its subsidiary "Delair Africa" in Morocco. This new Toulouse-based center in Rabat aims to strengthen its defense and security activities on a continent where the company has been operating for ten years.
The Moroccan aerospace sector is taking a new step with record exports reaching 29 billion dirhams in 2025. Driven by strategic investments, the industry now aims to manufacture its own complete aircraft by 2030.
The Indian manufacturer HAL will set up an aeronautical plant in Ben Guerir by 2027. This site will provide maintenance for Moroccan F-16s before locally assembling 58 LCA Tejas fighter jets to modernize the Royal Air Force fleet.
Moroccan exports reached 74.8 billion dirhams at the end of February 2026. This 2% increase is driven by the dynamism of the automotive and aeronautics sectors , despite the decline in phosphates.
The French Safran Group is strengthening its presence in Morocco . An agreement was signed on Friday to build a factory for landing gear destined for Airbus A320 aircraft. This 280 million euro investment will create 500 jobs near Casablanca.
Morocco will host the first operational base of the easyJet airline outside Europe in Marrakech as early as 2026. This strategic decision, which is accompanied by a massive investment in airport infrastructure, comes as the Kingdom is recording unprecedented attendance with 16.6 million visitors recorded at the end of October.
In Morocco, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting the Moroccan airport infrastructure modernization program implemented as part of the co-organization of the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal. Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is supporting this momentum by embarking on a large-scale recruitment of pilots to support the arrival of its new fleet.
Suspended since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023, direct flights between Israel and Morocco resume for the delight of Israelis.
Transavia, the low-cost subsidiary of the Air France group, has launched a new direct route between Morocco and France.
In Belgium, a growing number of non-European travelers find themselves stuck in seemingly endless queues at Brussels Airport due to the new European Union’s digital entry and exit system (EES), which was put into service on October 12, 2025, to better combat overstaying and modernize border control. Moroccans are affected by this new system.