The first flight of the Israeli airline El Al lands this Tuesday, December 22, 2020 in Morocco. This comes less than two weeks after the restoration of relations between the two countries.
The first direct flight of the airline El Al Airlines is scheduled for Tuesday, December 22, 2020. This inaugural flight, which follows the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, should last 6 hours.
Like several European countries, Morocco decided on Sunday, December 20, to suspend air links with the United Kingdom.
The health crisis of the coronavirus has not favored air traffic. As of the end of November 2020, Moroccan airports have welcomed 6,523,369 passengers, a decrease of 71.68% compared to the end of November 2019.
Air Arabia Maroc has just launched new routes from Casablanca to Europe. After Malaga in Spain on December 14, the Moroccan airline will connect Rennes and Guelmin-Oued Noun.
The airline Royal Air Maroc offers connections from and to Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers, following the government’s decision to authorize flights.
Royal Air Maroc is one of the airlines selected to launch commercial flights between Morocco and Israel, announced on Wednesday, December 16, the supervising minister, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, during her appearance on Israeli public television, Kan .
Morocco is preparing to welcome 200,000 Israeli tourists by the end of March 2021, more than double the number who visited the kingdom in 2019. The flights, announced for the end of March, will be served by three Israeli airlines.
After a sharp drop in passengers last November due to travel restrictions, Brussels Airport plans to make up for it by offering new connections to several destinations, including Morocco, during the upcoming Christmas holidays.
With the historic normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced several important decisions, including the launch of air flights. El Al and Israir, the two Israeli airlines, have stated that they could soon establish direct flights between the two countries.
A few hours after the tweet from the US president recognizing the Moroccanness of the Sahara, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu "thanked King Mohammed VI for this historic decision to make peace with Israel." He also announced the resumption of "direct flights" between the two countries.
Subject to the reopening of the Moroccan borders, the airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will launch two weekly direct flights between Dakhla and Paris. A first.