The Middle East conflict is triggering a global kerosene supply crisis . Facing prices that have doubled, Morocco fears an explosion in airline ticket costs, directly threatening its tourism sector and air traffic.
For the winter season 2026, the low-cost airline easyJet launches nine new routes departing from five French cities . This program focuses on sunny destinations, notably with new flights to Morocco and Egypt.
Facing an explosion in jet fuel prices linked to Middle East tensions, Royal Air Maroc plans to eliminate several air routes. This scaling back targets mainly unprofitable flights and directly threatens national tourism.
EasyJet inaugurated its new base at Marrakech airport on Wednesday. With three aircraft deployed and six new routes, the airline aims for 4 million seats in the first year to boost tourism to the Kingdom.
Despite international tensions and a national strike in March, Brussels Airport attracted more than 1.7 million passengers. Morocco confirms its success and remains in the top 10 most visited countries.
Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport announces a record program for the summer of 2026 with 39 direct destinations. The platform in the Hérault region is massively strengthening its connections to Morocco, opening a line to Tangier and increasing its frequencies to Marrakech, Rabat and Casablanca.
For their spring travels, tourists are currently benefiting from a spectacular drop in the price of airline tickets to several international destinations. The city of Marrakech stands out particularly in this context thanks to a sharp drop in its fares.
While the skies of the Middle East remain obstructed by the clouds of the crisis, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) seems for the time being to be maintaining its financial course. Despite the prolonged suspension of its flights to the Gulf hubs and a soaring energy bill, the national airline is limiting the damage, where its regional competitors are sinking into the red.
The airline Ryanair officially opens its new air base at Rabat-Salé Airport , a strategic deployment supported by a global envelope of 200 million dollars aimed at transforming the connectivity of the region.
Faced with the suspension of its flights to the Middle East and the cost of kerosene, Transavia is redeploying its capacity westward this Tuesday. Morocco is massively benefiting from this traffic shift to preserve the profitability of the low-cost airline.
The Ryanair airline threatens to cancel two million seats at the Belgian airport of Charleroi as early as October 2026. This fiscal standoff with the government directly threatens many strategic routes, including flights to Morocco.
The Ministry of Transport justified, before the House of Representatives, the surge in Royal Air Maroc ticket prices due to market forces, while outlining the overall overhaul of its fleet and services.