Royal Air Maroc To Provide 6 Million Seats for 80 Summer Destinations

Rabat – Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc announced on Tuesday it will provide six million seats on 80 air routes globally, for its summer 2022 program.

Royal Air Maroc said it will cover nearly 90% of its pre-pandemic network, restoring several routes that have been closed during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the opening of new routes such as Tel Aviv and Dubai, the company said in a statement.

Royal Air Maroc has planned more than 2.2 million seats for flights to and from Europe, with 437 frequencies weekly connecting nine Moroccan airports to 32 European destinations.

Airline frequency is how many services in a set time period an airline may provide.

The airline is set to provide 890,000 seats in 400 flights weekly that will link nine French airports to eight Moroccan cities.

Royal Air Maroc planned 43 routes that will connect 22 European airports to Morocco, with a capacity of more than 1.3 million seats and 237 frequencies per week.

Air routes where large communities of Moroccans from around the world reside and which experience high demand in summer, will be strengthened, the company added.

The lines connecting Casablanca to Barcelona, Bologna, Malaga, Madrid, Brussels, and Milan, will have two flights daily.

Royal Air Maroc will also strengthen its network in Africa by offering 25 routes with 900,000 seats. It will operate 110 frequencies each week.

Meanwhile, the airline will provide more than 500,000 seats to North America and 200,000 seats to the Middle East, respectively a 6% and 25% increase compared to summer 2019.

Some 35 weekly frequencies will be set up on the four air routes linking Casablanca to New York, Washington, Montreal and Miami.

Royal Air Maroc re-launched the Casablanca-Miami route on April 10 after being suspended for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to flights launched to Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina, Cairo and Tel Aviv in March, the airline said a new route connecting Casablanca to Dubai will be soon launched.

“As a leading player in national tourism, Royal Air Maroc has always supported the sector, and even more so in times of crisis, by being almost the only operator to have maintained its flights to our country, despite the great operational and financial difficulties,” the airline’s CEO, Hamid Addou said in a statement.

On April 16, Royal Air Maroc celebrated its second year of being the first African full member of oneworld Alliance.

Oneworld is an alliance of 14 world-class airlines that are “committed to providing the highest level of service and connections to over 1000 destinations in 170 countries.”