Morocco Orders Ten Airbus H225M Helicopters

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Airbus Helicopters says it has signed a contract with the Kingdom of Morocco for ten H225M helicopters. The H225Ms, the manufacturer says “will be equipped for combat search and rescue operations and will be operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force (Forces royales air).” The H225Ms will replace the current Pumas which have been in service for more than 40 …

Jet2 Expands with the Launch of Two New Routes in Morocco

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United Kingdom airline, Jet2 and travel brand Jet2holidays say they have “expanded their Winter 25/26 programme once again, by adding two brand-new routes to Morocco – Bournemouth to Agadir and Leeds Bradford to Marrakech.” According to the airline, this latest expansion comes “on the back of continued demand for beach holidays and city breaks to Morocco and means the companies will operate to the North African country from eight …

United Set to Launch Flight To Marrakesh, Morocco

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United says it is expanding its leading global route network by “adding new non-stop flights between New York/Newark-Marrakesh, Morocco; Tokyo/Narita-Cebu, Philippines and Houston-Medellin, Colombia.” United says it will also “increase flying to popular destinations across the globe including Hong Kong; Seoul, South Korea and Porto, Portugal. Additionally, the airline will add four weekly flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai as the Chinese and U.S. governments recently agreed to increase flights between the two countries.” …

Ryanair Invests $1.4 Billion In Morocco For 2024: Introduces New Routes

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Ryanair, says its “biggest ever Summer schedule to Morocco, operating over 1,100 weekly flights across 175 routes, including 35 new routes is commencing.” As part of this $1.4 billion investment, the airline has also announced the arrival of “its legendary ultra-low fares on 11 Moroccan domestic routes – boosting internal connectivity and stimulating traffic growth across the Kingdom.” As part …

Royal Air Maroc Voted Best Airline In Africa

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Royal Air Maroc has been voted the best airline in Africa at the Global Traveler Magazine’s 18th annual GT Tested Reader Survey Awards. The prize was given to the National Company at Global Traveler’s annual award ceremony on Tuesday, December 14, in Los Angeles. In the same survey, Royal Air Maroc was also ranked as the fourth Best Airline in …

African Airlines To Lose $8.5bn In 2021- AFRAA

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African Airlines Associations (AFRAA) has forecasted that African Airlines full-year revenue loss for 2021 is at US$8.5b that is 49% of the 2019 revenues. AFRAA said in 2020, African airlines cumulatively lost $10.21b in revenues due to the impact of the pandemic, representing 58.8% of 2019 revenues. This poor performance is a direct threat to the survival of the African …

African Airlines Performance Dipped In May – AFRAA

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The Covid-19 pandemic continues its devastating effects on the aviation, travel and tourism industry. The number of Covid-19 infection cases globally continues to increase in absolute terms though the rate of infection is on the decline in all world regions in April compared to prior months.   The number of infection cases worldwide exceeded 165m as at 20 May 2021. …

Turkish Airlines Adds Marrakech To Its Network

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Successfully completing its “Great Move” process and transferring all of its passenger operations to its new hub, Istanbul Airport, Turkish Airlines now adds Marrakech, tourist city of Morocco, to its flight network. From April 15th, Turkish Airlines commences Istanbul – Marrakech – Istanbul direct flights as the airline commits to flying to more international destinations including Africa. Commenting on this …

Turkish Airlines To Launch Flights To Marrakech

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Flying to the most countries in the world with more than 300 flight destinations across 124 countries, Turkish Airlines will have its inaugural flight to its 56th destination in Africa, Marrakech on 15th April 2019. The airline states: “As of 15th April 2019, flights will be operated five times a week to Marrakech, the second destination of Turkish Airlines in …

Air Arabia Maroc Celebrates First Direct Service From Birmingham Airport

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Air Arabia Maroc, one of Morocco’s largest low-cost carriers has operated its first direct service from Birmingham Airport to the Moroccan city of Agadir. An inaugural ceremony was held at the airport to celebrate the flight. Passengers arriving on the 1120 hours flight, along with Birmingham Airport and Air Arabia Maroc employees, gathered to celebrate the service which operates twice …