Royal Air Maroc inaugurated a new air route connecting Casablanca to Toronto on Sunday. The inaugural flight, operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, transported 204 passengers from Casablanca to Toronto. The return flight from Toronto recorded nearly 275 passengers, for a total of nearly 480 travelers on the two inaugural flights.
The airline Air Arabia Maroc has just announced two new domestic flights starting January 9, 2025.
Ryanair is raising the tone in the face of the French government’s project to triple the Chirac tax on airline tickets. The low-cost airline threatens to cut half of its flights in France as of January 1, 2025, impacting ten regional airports and potentially connections with Morocco.
Royal Air Maroc and the Brazilian airline GOL, a heavyweight in air transport in Latin America, have just concluded a partnership that promises to facilitate travel between Brazil and Morocco. This agreement, effective since November 21, allows passengers of the two companies to benefit from code sharing on flights connecting São Paulo to Casablanca.
A Ryanair flight from Marrakech to Tours was diverted to Rennes on Saturday due to unfavorable weather conditions.
The National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL) has called for a strike this Thursday, November 14, to protest against the increase in the solidarity tax on airline tickets. This strike could have repercussions on flights to Morocco.
British tourists wishing to travel to Morocco during the Christmas and New Year holidays will have to present a printed boarding pass, or risk being fined.
The Barnier government’s proposal to increase the tax on airline tickets was adopted on Friday by the National Assembly, which however limited the duration of this measure to one year and will not apply it in French island and overseas territories. This new tax should have an impact on the prices of airline tickets to Morocco.
The low-cost airline EasyJet has just enriched its offer of flights to Morocco. A new air link was launched this week.
The National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL) has called for a general mobilization of employees in the air transport sector on November 14th in France, which could disrupt flights to Morocco from the hexagon.
The Dutch low-cost Transavia has resumed the Rennes-Marrakech air route, thus responding to the growing needs of businesses and residents of Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany. The resumption of this route also facilitates business and leisure travel.
EasyJet’s presentation of a map of Morocco amputated of its Sahara caused an uproar. Faced with the controversy, the airline corrected its mistake.