
Royal Air Maroc Resumes International Flights to Major European Cities and Washington
The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will once again operate its international flights starting Saturday, July 11.

The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will once again operate its international flights starting Saturday, July 11.

Unrest at Royal Air Maroc after the presentation of the social plan by management. Unanimously, the Moroccan Union of Labor and several pilots reject the social plan presented by management.

The Royal Air Maroc airline is working for a return to normal of its activities. Already, five new routes from Casablanca have been restored, to which are added five weekly frequencies to Dakhla and Laâyoune and four to Agadir.

The restructuring plan of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is already causing waves. Allal Baba Lahcen, union representative of the 2,200 UMT unionized employees of the RAM group, is impervious to any outright dismissals and is demanding voluntary departures for all.

Royal Air Maroc plans to increase the number of frequencies and destinations served starting July 6. The company made this known through a press release on Wednesday, which emphasizes the restored destinations, flight frequencies, and the security standards put in place.

The wave of layoffs announced by Royal Air Maroc will be implemented as announced by the supervising minister. At the end of the meeting organized on Thursday with the executive committee and the executives of the company, CEO Abdelhamid Addou mentioned a total of 858 jobs and a reduction in its fleet of aircraft, grounded since the start of the coronavirus crisis.

We know a little more about the reasons for the convening of the company committee today at Royal Air Maroc (RAM). Management intends to proceed with layoffs in order to cope with the crisis shaking the air transport sector due to Covid-19.

The management of Royal Air Maroc has convened for this Thursday at 2 p.m., a works council which should be attended by the employee representatives and the union representatives of the company. The fate of the company will undoubtedly be decided during this decisive session.

Royal Air Maroc resumed its domestic flights on June 25, 2020. Faced with too strong demand, the national airline has decided to shift into high gear with its flights connecting Casablanca to Dakhla and Laâyoune, going from 3 to 5 weekly flights, from July 5.

The Moroccan Parliament has adopted law 30-20 relating to travel contracts, tourist stays and air passenger transport contracts. This text is of great importance for travel agencies and tourism and air passenger transport companies.

Royal Air Maroc resumed its commercial activities last Thursday, June 25, after more than three months of inactivity. Pending the opening of air borders, domestic flights have resumed with a well-defined schedule.

The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has not yet honored its promise to distribute new tickets to its customers whose flights had been suspended after the entry into force of the state of health emergency and confinement.