Ryanair reminds travelers of the obligation to print boarding passes when departing from airports in Morocco, Turkey, and Tirana (Albania), which are not yet able to process digital boarding passes.
Low-cost airlines are making money from additional fees charged for cabin baggage. Many travelers continue to endure these practices. Moroccans residing abroad traveling to Morocco can attest to this.
Morocco expects an influx of travelers during the high tourist season. Meanwhile, airlines like Ryanair are seeking to strengthen their connection with the kingdom after the winter season when attendance was not as expected.
While they arrived in Morocco to spend moments of relaxation, escape, and discovery, Italians see their vacation turn into a nightmare. They find themselves stranded in Marrakech due to the cancellation of their return flight.
Ryanair will further tighten its boarding policy starting May 1, 2025, allegedly to ensure planes depart on time.
Dozens of flights departing from and arriving at Moroccan airports were cancelled or delayed on Monday due to the massive power outage in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France.
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair values the punctuality of its flights to Morocco and other destinations. Travelers are now required to arrive earlier at the airport.
Major disillusionment for young Moroccans who dreamed of working for Ryanair as flight attendants . After completing training in Marrakech, they find themselves stranded in Great Britain where they were deployed and then dismissed without notice.
In Morocco, the cancellation by the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair of the direct air route between Tangier and Ouarzazate is not going down well.
Since the beginning of the year, Ryanair has cancelled routes with high occupancy rates in Spain, and launched routes to Dakhla, in the Moroccan Sahara, recording, according to the Spanish press, low occupancy rates.
The expansion of the air network remains a priority for the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), which seeks to "balance tourist flows by encouraging airlines to offer direct routes [...]"
The sudden cancellation by Ryanair of the Malaga-Nador route has sparked a wave of discontent among Moroccans residing in Spain, as well as Moroccan and foreign tourists who used to take this route.