Many flights departing and arriving at Brussels Airport are expected to be canceled due to the national demonstration on Thursday, February 13 and the announced strike of a "large number" of airport handling and security personnel. Morocco could be affected by these movements.
The airline Ryanair is developing "very rapidly" in Morocco, in anticipation of the 2030 World Cup that the kingdom is jointly organizing with Spain and Portugal, its CEO Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday.
The Court of First Instance in Oujda has condemned the airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) for denied boarding due to "overbooking".
The statistics from the Ministry of Transport and Logistics prove it. Domestic air traffic in Morocco is booming.
The British airline Jet2 announced on Tuesday the launch, as early as next winter, of a link to Agadir from Bournemouth airport.
Morocco plans to establish a direct air link with India in order to strengthen trade and tourism exchanges between the two countries.
Passengers at Dole Jura airport in Tavaux, specialized in low-cost flights to Morocco and Portugal, are angry with Ryanair. And for good reason, the airline sold them tickets while the Jura airport will be closed from May 26 to July 11 to renovate the runway.
Less than a year after the launch in April last year of its route between Bournemouth (England) and Agadir (Morocco), Ryanair has just announced its cancellation. This, in reaction to the increase in the air passenger tax (APD) decided by the British authorities and whose entry into force is scheduled for 2026.
In anticipation of the 2030 World Cup, Moroccan MPs have drawn the government’s attention to the lack of flights affecting certain tourist hubs in the kingdom, as well as the rise in airfares, denounced by Moroccans in the diaspora last summer.
Thanks to a significant increase in flights between Rabat and Paris, air traffic in France in 2024 has almost returned to its 2019 level.
The airline Ryanair will add a new destination to its offer departing from Lille-Lesquin.
Royal Air Maroc Cargo is working to strengthen trade exchanges with the American continent. New direct flights connecting Casablanca to São Paulo (GRU) and Toronto (YYZ) have been launched in this direction.