New Airline Routes For Morocco and High Speed Rail to Open

Next April Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will launch three new routes from Casablanca to three capitals - Amman (Jordan), Abuja (Nigeria) and Vienna (Austria), says CEO of the company, Abdelhamid Addou.

"RAM is counting on the launch of these new links to target new Arab, European and African customers and thus strengthen the company's position as a key carrier particularly in Africa".

The reopening of the Casablanca-Amman line in parallel with the launch of the Casablanca-Miami "will have to consolidate our goal of expanding our Arab clientele and thus contribute to strengthening the tourist appeal of Morocco," said the CEO of the RAM.

Regarding Casablanca-Abuja, added Abdelhamid Addou, this connection aims to extend the African network of RAM and strengthen the positioning of the company on the continent.

At the same time, the RAM will proceed, between December and February, to the acquisition of 9 Boeing aircraft (787 and 737) to reinforce its fleet and support the growing dynamics of the company's activities on all fronts, he said.

According to the CEO of RAM, this operation is part of the strengthening of the place of RAM among the major aviation companies linking Africa to Europe, the Americas and Asia from the hub of Casablanca with no less than 85 destinations.

In addition, the Spanish low-cost airline Volotea, which operates largely in France on small regional flights, wants to establish itself in Morocco. From April 2019, it will offer a direct link between the Nantes-Atlantique airport in northwestern France and Tangier.

Tickets are already available from 9 euros. The company will operate two days a week: Tuesdays and Fridays.

Ryanair is preparing to open 53 new lines from Italy, including four to Marrakesh and Fez in April 2019 and for the entire summer season.

The city of Catania in Sicily and the city of Naples in southern Italy will be connected to Marrakech. Treviso Airport, near Venice, and Turin Airport will be connected to Fez. The details of the days and times of flights have not yet been communicated.

And rail news

Africa will soon have its first TGV line in service. Responding to the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Emmanuel Macron will travel to Morocco on November 15 to inaugurate the high-speed line between Casablanca and Tangiers. 200 km long, this high-speed line must connect Tangier to Rabat, the political capital of the country, in 1:20, instead of 3:40 now.

The Moroccan LGV, the first high-speed segment of the African continent, will take only 2:10 instead of 4:45 hours.

Officially launched in 2007 in the presence of Mohammed VI and Nicolas Sarkozy, the project saw its work begin in 2011. But they have fallen behind due to the expropriation procedures since the initial commissioning was scheduled for December 2015.

Numerous French companies took part in the project: Alstom for the supply of the trains, the Ansaldo-Ineo consortium (signaling and telecoms), Cegelec (electrical substations) and the Colas Rail-Egis Rail consortium (tracks and catenaries). SNCF also provides project management assistance to the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF), the national operator of the country's rail network.

Six million passengers expected after three years of operation

The construction of the high-speed line will have cost a total of 2 billion euros. The French State has committed to 51% financing through various loans, including one granted by the French development agency of 220 million euros. This cost represents an envelope approximately 15% higher than the initial estimate of 1.8 billion euros, calculated in 2007 at the launch of the project.

Six million passengers a year at cruising speed are expected after three years of commercial operation of the future LGV. This will be a doubling compared to the 3 million people currently transported on the traditional railway line.

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Casablanca to Miami with RAM

Next spring Royal Air Maroc plans to launch a new connection between Casablanca and Miami - its third destination in the United States after New York and Washington

The Moroccan national airline is expected to inaugurate the new service on April 3, 2019. There will be three flights per week between its base in Casablanca-Mohammed V and Miami Airport, operated by Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Royal Air Maroc has not yet formalised this line and its schedules. Miami has not had a direct route to Africa since 2000 and the departure of South African Airways.

Royal Air Maroc filed an application for authorisation in July to launch flights to Florida, arguing that "40 years of successful operations demonstrate that it is fully qualified to operate in Miami" along with its flights to New York-JFK and Washington-Dulles, which it has been serving since September 2016.

Royal Air Morocco has a code-sharing agreement with JetBlue Airways in the United States, but that airline does not serve Miami. The US and Morocco have signed an open skies agreement, but Casablanca airport does not host any US companies. Royal Air Maroc also serves Montreal in North America, and Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

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RAM - Turbulence Continues

The fight between Royal Air Maroc (RAM) management and the pilots union has created an unending series of last-minute flight cancellations and angry customers

The Royal Air Maroc (RAM) pilots, represented by the National Association of Pilots (AMPL), have grown “inflexible” in their salary demands.

RAM has called off more than 100 flights in two weeks, causing frustration for passengers, who, despite the company’s ongoing troubles continued buying RAM tickets. Passengers hoped that the company’s trouble would not last as long as it now has, according to Moroccan newspaper L’Economiste.

Since the start of the strike on July 18, RAM reportedly lost MAD 20 million daily, and the situation is “growing wayward and unmanageable.” The company is “overwhelmed and does not know what to say,” L’Economiste quoted a senior RAM managing officer as saying.

The rapidly rising costs of the strike pressured RAM’s CEO Abdelhamid Abdou to call for a meeting with AMPL members on Wednesday, July 25. And while the general expectation was that a crisis recovery strategy would be found by August to avoid the grim prospect of losing the busiest and most profitable month of the summer period. However, the company’s pilots have recently hardened their position, claiming that RAM’s work requirements are “untenable.”

An AMPL representative told Moroccan outlet Medias 24 on Tuesday, July 31, that pilots will only resume work when all their demands are met. He said that the pilots would not be lured by a crisis recovery plan that does not address all their requests. He also explained that AMPL’s position is “inflexible” and that RAM could remain paralysed for the remaining days of the summer period.

“For years we were flexible and we did not speak up, but now the situation has become unbearable,” he said. “As far as we are concerned RAM’s commercial office is the only one responsible for the ongoing disturbances at airports.”

Meanwhile, RAM’s bruised reputation continues to be further affected as the company’s customers complain about long delays and last-minute changes of schedule.

RAM has set up special units to inform passengers in a timely manner—a day or two before set departure time—and take care of hotel and restaurants costs for passengers of cancelled night flights. These “preventive measures are a very heavy burden on the company’s finances,” the managing officer was quoted as saying.

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Moroccan Tourism Update

The city of Agadir has passed the milestone of one and a half million overnight stays during the first four months of the current year, according to statistics from the Regional Council of Tourism (CRT) Souss-Massa. Overnights rose by 10.10% to 1,512,929 against 1,374,162 for the same period last year

The analysis of cumulative arrivals during the first four months of the current year also shows an increase in arrivals from 301,171 to 333,012 this year, up 10.57%. French tourists achieved the highest number of overnight stays, 361,624, up 22.32%, followed by German tourists with 277,363 units, or more than 9.10%, while nationals ranked third with 218,762 , down 3.07% from the first four months of 2017.

In terms of ranking by tourist accommodation type, tourist villages lead with a total of 481,600 overnight stays, followed by 5-star hotels (321,563 overnight stays) and 4-star hotels (306,977 overnight stays). The average occupancy rate in classified hotels in Agadir during this period is 52.51%, the CRT indicates that the classified tourist villages reached a rate of 66.47, followed by 5-star hotels with 64.25%.

Emirates doubles its Far East passenger numbers

Emirates Airlines announced on Wednesday (June 6th) that it has succeeded in doubling its number of passengers from the Far East to Morocco and boosting the Kingdom's trade dynamics by introducing the iconic A380 aircraft in March 2017.

Emirates passenger numbers from China increased by more than 200% in December 2017 compared with the same month of 2016, and passenger volumes from Hong Kong increased by more than 100% in the same period where the number of travelers arriving from Japan has improved by more than 60%, said the airline in a statement.

Present in Morocco for 16 years, Emirates "plays an important role by connecting Morocco to markets located in other regions of the world, thus facilitating the economic and commercial activity of the Moroccan economy and allowing the Kingdom to realise one of the main goals of its Open Skies policy, "the airline says.

"We are proud of the fact that, thanks to the A380, we have managed to help strengthen the commercial and tourist relationship that Morocco has always shared with destinations in the Far East and the Middle East. Air transport is no longer a luxury product, it has taken the form of a large industry that can bring enormous benefits to developing economies and unleash their full potential for trade and tourism, "commented Khalid Al Zarooni, Managing Director of Emirates in Morocco.

Emirates operates a daily flight from and to Casablanca. Thanks to the new A380s, Emirates passengers benefit from excellent connections to the main markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), East Asia and Australia. These serve many cities around the world such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, as well as several airports in Saudi Arabia.

The company currently employs more than 670 Moroccans spread across the Group's various departments, the majority of whom are Dubai-based cabin crew.

With its A380, Emirates has been able to redefine the premium travel experience, the source said, noting that first-class passengers have private suites, as well as access to spa showers. at their disposal on board the plane.

Emirates is the airline that uses the largest number of Airbus A380s in the world. Since 2008, Emirates has transported more than 96 million passengers aboard its flagship aircraft. The airline is also the largest customer in the world for the A380. In addition to the multiple A380s that are already in service, another 60 are awaiting delivery by Emirates.

Committed to respecting the environment, Emirates says it operates one of the youngest and most energy-efficient aircraft fleets in the world. So far, Emirates has introduced A380 services in no less than 48 different destinations around the world. Its current fleet consists of 102 Airbus A380s that serve 71 airports.

Royal Air Maroc strengthens its cargo fleet

The Moroccan airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) which intends to impose itself more on the air cargo market, has just acquired a new cargo aircraft.

The Boeing B767-300 Freighter that has a capacity of 45 tons and a long flight time (11 hours against 4 before). This aircraft reinforces the RAM Cargo fleet of 56 aircraft, including 11 widebody aircraft.

This new B767-300 Freighter "will give an undeniable boost to the freight business on a network that continues to expand," said director RAM Cargo, Amine El Farissi.

In fact, the RAM Cargo has, until now, provided freight services on all lines served by the Moroccan national airline, using only the bunker capacity of passenger aircraft and those of a Freighter capacity of 15 tons.

With its new acquisition, RAM Cargo will now offer 3 new products, namely Cargo Pharma for sending temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals, Cargo Stable for transporting horses and large live animals, and Cargo. Outsize for oversized shipments.

But more importantly, RAM Cargo will now be able to connect more African countries through the network of the parent company and its airline partners, in line with the development strategy on the continent.

As a first step, the regular program of all Cargo RAM flights will cover 9 destinations in Africa and Europe, including Brussels, Frankfurt, Algiers, Nouakchott, Accra, Lagos, Abidjan, Lome, and Bamako.


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New Flights Between Marrakech and Vienna

Air Arabia Morocco has announced the opening of a new route next winter between the cities of Marrakech and Vienna

This is the sixth line operated by Air Arabia Morocco from Marrakech to Europe, the company already serving Frankfurt, Montpellier, Pau, London and Paris.

The Marrakech-Vienna flight will be operational from 29 October 2018, with two weekly flights on Mondays and Thursdays, and will be operated by Air Arabia Maroc's fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft.

- From Marrakech to Vienna
Monday - Thursday: departure at 14:10; arriving at 19:20

- From Vienna to Marrakech
Monday - Thursday: departure at 20:10; arrival at 23:30

In April 2018, the Kingdom's airports recorded an air traffic volume of 2 million passengers, an increase of almost 10% compared to the same period in 2017. The Mohammed V airport in Casablanca produced 40% of total traffic, or 869,063 passengers, against 839,924 passengers for the same period of 2017, up 3.47%. Two other airports, Marrakech Menara and Agadir Al Massira, also continue their growth withinceases of 16% and 24% respectively.

Domestic traffic accounted for 239,908 passengers, a sustained growth of 14.7%. International traffic increased by 8.86% to 1,766,111 passengers, or 88% of overall traffic. The change is mainly due to the continued growth recorded by the Europe segment (10.37%). This is also the case for the Americas, up 10.03% for North America and 22.88% for South America. Markets in the Middle and Far East and Maghreb countries experienced growth of 4.22% and 0.87% respectively. The African segment, for its part, has posted a slight decrease of -1.84%.

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Marrakech to Athens Flights From October

The Irish low-cost company Ryanair has announced the launch of a line connecting Marrakech to Athens from October 29th. Ryanair will operate two flights, on Mondays and Fridays, between the two cities

The flights between Marrakech and Athens will be the only link between the two countries

The flight will be of four hours and 25 minutes , departures from the international airport of Marrakesh Menara will be at 6 o'clock in the morning, while the return of Athens are scheduled to 12 hours 50 minutes.

The new service will replace the Athens-Casablanca line launched by Air Mediterranean which has been temporarily suspended by the company.

Morocco welcomed 11.35 million tourists in 2017, an increase of 10% compared to 2016. Morocco aims to welcome nearly 20 million tourists by 2020.

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Fez, Rabat and Tangier have Flights to Agadir

Air Arabia has announced the launch of a connection between Rabat and Agadir.  The company is also to include two flights from Tangier and Fez to Agadir under the partnership with the Regional Council Souss-Massa.

More than six months after the launch of its air base at Agadir-Al Massira airport, the company wants to link the resort to the capital. This is apparent from the convention that will be submitted to the study and approval of the members of the Regional Council Souss-Massa, at the special session scheduled for Thursday, exclusively dedicated to tourism. On the side of Air Arabia, the objective is also to include, in the framework of the partnership with the regional council, two other connections from Tangiers and Fez to develop domestic tourism. Meanwhile, the Regional Council Souss-Massa undertakes, under this convention, to inject 12 MDH per year for a period of three years, while the price of one way was set at 300 DH for the 80 first seats.

5 months after the launch of the Air Arabia Air Base at Agadir airport, the airline is programming 14 rotations per week to 7 European destinations. According to the management of the company, the filling rate recorded during the first months of the launch is satisfactory, being around 60%.

The low-cost air carrier has, among other things, engaged in promotional activities, particularly with the Scandinavian markets (Denmark and Sweden). One of these actions was the organisation of press trips and eductours, in addition to participation in fairs, including the Danish Travel Show. During this period, the company focused on targeting 60,000 visitors, including 4,000 tourism professionals from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. That said, it should also be remembered that the low-cost airline has transported nearly 45,000 passengers from Dublin, Manchester, Toulouse, Cologne, Munich, Stockholm and Copenhagen, 83% of which are tourists.

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New Ryanair Flights To Fez

The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will soon launch two new lines linking Valencia to Fez and Tangiers and two other new routes between Seville, Rabat and Tangier

These new lines will each have a frequency of two flights per week and are part of 29 new lines scheduled in the 2018 winter calendar of the company, which will link several Spanish airports to various destinations in Europe and Morocco, said the company on its website.

The winter timetable of the Irish carrier will also provide for the increase of flight frequencies on 35 existing lines, with the aim of carrying 41.5 million passengers a year via 26 Spanish airports, which would represent a 9% increase in operations from Ryanair in Spain.

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Morocco - New internal flights start on Sunday

Air connections from Casablanca to Errachidia (5 weekly flights), Zagora (3 flights per week) and Ouarzazate (1 flight per day) at a price of 400 DH one way will be effective from Sunday 11 February.

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Casablanca to Athens Flights From December 4

The Greek private airline Air Mediterranean will launch, on 4 December, a direct link between the Greek capital Athens and Casablanca, with three flights a week

Tatiana Ioannou, head of the company, said that the first Boeing 400/737 plane will take off next Monday at 7:30 pm (local time) from Athens airport while the return flight is scheduled the same day at 23:00 from Casablanca International Airport.

This new air service will boost tourist flows and economic and trade exchanges between the two countries while facilitating travel for members of the Moroccan community established in Greece, especially since there have been  no direct flights connecting the two countries. country.

The Athens-Casablanca flights, a journey of approximately 2,900 kilometres, are of duration between 3 and 4 hours and will be scheduled Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

This low cost airline is a recent company that inaugurated its flights in November with flights from Athens to Stockholm, London, Baghdad and Nicosia. It has three aircraft to which will be added two more during the second half of next year.


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Fez to Marrakech Flights - Schedule Change

Air Arabia, a leader in low-cost air transport, launched in June 2017 the first domestic service from Fez to Marrakech. Now it is changing the schedule.

This service was launched as part of its collaboration with the Moroccan National Office of Tourism and was an immediate success. As a result, the frequency has increased since it opened. Today, it is in the same concern to meet the needs of its passengers that Air Arabia Morocco has chosen to change the schedules of its flights on the line, in order to bring more comfort to its customers.

Thus the airline has favoured departures in the early afternoon, not earlier in the morning, but still at the rate of three flights per week, and operating every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

Flights from Fez to Marrakesh will be offered Wednesdays at 14:20 - 15:20, Fridays at 12:55 - 13:55, and finally Sundays at 12:25 - 13:25.

As for the service Marrakech - Fez, it will be offered Wednesdays at 16h - 17h, Fridays at 14h35 - 15h35, and Sundays at 14h05 - 15h05.

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Marrakech to Ouarzazate Flights Now on Sale

From November the National Moroccan Tourist Office (ONMT) and the national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) are launching a new airline service to link Marrakech and Ouarzazate

Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate

As of November 11 the two tourist cities will be connected by three flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) operated by an aircraft of type ATR72, with a capacity of 70 seats.

This new service, which is part of the strategy by the ONMT to increase the attractiveness of the Ouarzazate region, will allow foreign tourists to enrich their stay in Marrakech by discovering the city of Ouarzazate and to take full advantage of the tourist attractions of the region, such as Kelâat M'Gouna, the Gorges du Dadès and Zagora.

Flights are offered at fixed rates: 300 dirhams for a one-way economy class (round-trip: 600 DH) and 600 dirhams for a one-way ticket in business class (1,200 DH: round trip). The flights are on sale on the www.royalairmaroc.com website, in the company's sales offices and on the network of travel agencies.

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Portugal to Fez with TAP

Starting today TAP is adding flights to yet another destination in Morocco to its route network

The city of Fez is located in one of the most exotic and attractive parts of Morocco, with the added advantage of its proximity to tourist hotspot Meknès. It is now the fourth Moroccan city the Airline flies to.

Commencing 30 October, TAP will offer six weekly flights to this destination during the IATA winter season, with daily flights by summer 2018.

Direct flights between Lisbon and Fez will run using ATR-72 aircraft with a capacity for 70 passengers, Monday to Saturday, leaving Lisbon at 14:00 and returning from Fez at 16:35, with daily flights starting from the 2018 IATA summer season onwards.

In 2016, TAP carried approximately 110 thousand passengers to Morocco – Casablanca, Marrakesh and Tangier – while between January and June this year it has enjoyed an annual growth thus far of more than 200 per cent over the entirety of Moroccan routes. By adding Fez to the route map, TAP foresees an increase its capacity to Morocco of around 20 per cent.

If your final destination is neither Lisbon nor Porto, passengers can also take advantage of the Portugal Stopover program on their way out or during their return flight, stopping in Portugal for one, two or three nights for no additional charge to their fare. Since its launch in summer 2016 until the end of last July, almost 70 thousand passengers have already made the most of this offer provided by the Airline, and with these new destinations numbers are expected to rise even further.

The addition of Fez to TAP’s route network is expected to consolidate its strategic positioning on the African continent, which continues to be one of the major investments of the Company. Now with flights to Fez, TAP will fly to 17 destinations in 11 African countries, four of which in Morocco. In total, TAP’s global network includes 85 destinations in 35 countries.

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Dublin to Marrakech Flights in 2018

Ryanair has announced the strengthening of its services to Morocco for next summer. In the summer of 2018, the Irish company will reinstate flights from Dublin to Marrakech. This connection will be operated twice a week

Ticket sales will be launched in September.

Good news for Essaouira - 

EasyJet will launch a flight between Lyon and Essaouira from 31 October. The seasonal link will last until March 24, 2018. The British company offers two weekly flights between Lyon-Saint Exupéry and Essaouira-Mogador airports on Tuesday and Saturday, starting at 35 euros.

"Essaouira is a destination in southern Morocco that is very appreciated for its authenticity and its way of life. We are currently one of the leading low-cost carriers on Morocco and it is important for us to continue to strengthen our deployment in the region," said Reginald Otten, EastJet's deputy director for France and Morocco.

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New Flights to Morocco

This winter low cost airline Transavia France will offer a new link between Nantes and Agadir

As of December 23, 2017, Air France's subsidiary will offer two flights a week between its base in Nantes-Atlantique and the airport of Agadir-Al Massira, operated in Boeing 737-800 with 189 seats.

Departures are scheduled Tuesday and Saturday at 7:10 am to arrive at 9:15 am, return flights leaving Morocco at 10:00 am will land at 14:15.  Tickets will cost 70 Euro one way.

Transavia will compete with TUIfly Belgium on this route, which will only be operated on Saturday from 8 January to 24 February 2018.

According to Hervé Kozar, Deputy General Manager of Transavia France, "The opening of this new destination in winter 2017 demonstrates once again the strong attractiveness of Morocco and confirms our desire to offer travellers of the Nantes region a greater diversity of choices in terms of destinations".

In other airline news,  the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) has signed a partnership agreement with German tour operator FTI in Munich to operate flights to Marrakech.

This agreement concerns the organisation of four flights per week to Marrakech from four German cities, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Cologne.

This partnership is of paramount importance in that it promotes the city of Marrakech with a tour operator known in the market, explained to the ONMT.

It will promote new flights and reinforce others already launched under previously signed agreements.

Abderrafie Zouiten

Director General of the ONMT Abderrafie Zouiten, ''This is a real breakthrough as it is the first time that Marrakech will be scheduled with four weekly charter flights departing from the German market".

The number of tourists from the German market, including members of the Moroccan community, reached 278,000 tourists at the end of June, an increase of 12%.

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EasyJet Offers New Flights to Essaouira

This autumn, low-cost airline easyJet will launch a new seasonal link between Lyon and Essaouira, its second Moroccan destination after Marrakech

From October 31, 2017 to March 24, 2018, easyJet will offer two flights a week between its base in Lyon-Saint Exupéry and the Essaouira-Mogador airport. Airbus departures are scheduled for Tuesday at 10:15 am (arrival at 12:30 pm) and Saturday at 9:35 am (arrival at 11:50 am), return flights leaving Morocco on Tuesday at 1:15 pm (arrival at 5:20 pm) and Saturday at 12:30 pm (arrival at 4:35 pm). EasyJet will be without competition on this route offered from 35 euros one way, unlike that towards Marrakech where it faces Royal Air Maroc , Transavia and TUIfly Belgium .

According to Reginald Otten, Deputy Director France and Morocco, "in less than 20 years, easyJet has gone from challenger to major player " in Lyon airport. " Our Lyon base is the second largest in France in terms of number of aircraft based and employees, which are now over 200. We are delighted to continue our development and open the doors of Morocco to the Lyonnais . We are currently one of the main low-cost carriers on the destination Morocco and it is important for us to continue to anchor these deployments in regions, as we did with Marrakech served from Paris, Nice, Bordeaux, Basel-Mulhouse and Lyon. At easyJet, our mission is the democratisation of travel and we are proud to participate in the economic development of the French regions through this policy of regional deployment."

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New Service to Tinghir from Fez Airport

Moroccan low-cost airline Air Arabia Maroc has expanded its Fez-Errachidia bus service by 135 km to reach Tinghir in the region of Draa-Tafilalt

The updated bus service will also stop at Goulmima, a city in the province of Errachidia.

Air Arabia has said that the new service “marks an additional step in the continuing support that the company offers to develop tourism in Morocco.” The company pointed out that this service would also increase accessibility to previously hard-to-reach regions.

The shuttle bus services are provided by Air Arabia Express.

Tinghir is the perfect destination from which to explore the Todra Gorge. Situated on the east side of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, the Todra Gorge is recognised around the world as one of the most spectacular canyons, where over the millennia the Todra and Dades rivers have carved out layers of rock, giving rise to canyons 300 metres (980 ft) high but in some places only 10 metres (33 ft) wide. After leaving the gorge. the river widens, developing into an oasis edged with the red ochre of the desert.

The gorge, though in a remote area of Morocco, is a popular tourist destination and has been outfitted over the years with hiking paths and a well-maintained dirt road that visitors can walk along, though they must share it with mules and other pack animals.

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Morocco's New Airline Routes

Two Airlines have just announced new routes to Morocco. The British low-cost airline Easyjet will launch a new route between Manchester and Agadir's Al Massira airport. Roundtrip flights will be operated twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday) starting at 33.99 pounds, a little over 400 DH

Departures are scheduled for 7:35 am (arrival at 11:35 am) and 2:35 pm (arrival at 6:35 pm), while return flights departing from Morocco are scheduled on Wednesday at 12:20 pm (arrival at 4:30 pm) and Saturday at 7:20 pm (arrival at 11:30 pm). On this route, Easyjet will compete with Air Arabia and Thomsom Airways.

A new direct link between Morocco and Italy will starting operating on November 4th when the European low-cost airline TUI fly will connect the airport of Turin with that of Marrakech.

According to the local newspaper Torino Oggi , the company will schedule a weekly flight on Saturday. In local times, he will depart at 7.55pm from Turin and will land at 10.30pm in Marrakech. From Marrakech, the plane will take off at 15:00 to arrive at Turin at 19:20.

The flight, lasting about three and a half hours, will be aboard a Boeing 737-700 with 148 seats.

It will meet the needs of Italian tourists who wish to go to Morocco for their holidays, but also to the 55,000 members of the Moroccan community who live in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. Half live in the province of Turin.

Airline tickets are already on sale on the airline's website with prices starting at 69.99 euros (about 770 dirhams).

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At Last - Fez to Marrakech Flights

Air Arabia, and its partner the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) have finally begun the long awaited internal air service linking Fez and Marrakech

The inaugural flight of the new air route on Friday, June 16, had an occupancy rate of more than 80% (round trip), and a flight time of 45 minutes.

The aircraft (A 320) landed at Marrakech Lamnara airport at 11:45. The return flight arrived back in Fez at 1pm.

Air Arabia is running the service 3 times a week (Friday, Sunday and Tuesday).

In addition to Fez, the company is launching 14 more flights from Fez to Rome (Italy), Strasbourg (France), London (United Kingdom), Brussels (Belgium) , Lyon (France), Barcelona (Spain) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands). For the winter of 2017, new destinations will be programmed from Fez to Bremen, Munich and Seville.

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Marrakech to Paris With Air Arabia

Air Arabia Maroc will open a new route between Marrakech and Paris from October 31

According to Morocco World News flights will be on Airbus 320 three days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday.

Flights will run at 6.30 a.m., 11.40 a.m., 7 p.m., arriving to Paris at local time 11 a.m., 2.10 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. respectively.

Flights to Paris will start from MAD 599.

Air Arabia CEO Abel Ali says, “This new line solidifies our continuing approach in favour of increasing the touristic and economic exchanges between Morocco and France. This link adds to our well established network to France which possesses 22 daily flights across five Moroccan airports."

Based in Casablanca and founded in April 2009, Air Arabia Maroc is Morocco’s first low cost airline.

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