Rabat – Air France on Tuesday unveiled its winter program for 2022-23, including a new route between Paris-Orly and Casablanca.
“From 30 October 2022, Air France will launch a new route between Paris-Orly and Casablanca, with one daily flight operated by Airbus A320,” the airline said in a press release.
The statement added that the new connection underscores the company’s efforts to expand its winter destinations to North Africa.
In line with this strategy, the French airline extended its summer routes Paris-Orly – Tunis, Marseille-Algiers, Toulouse-Algiers, and Toulouse-Oran for this winter season.
From November 22 to March 2023, Air France plans to serve 171 destinations, including 86 long-hauls and 85 short- and medium-hauls, with capacity levels close to those of winter 2019.
Air France launched a new long-haul connection between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Newark while resuming flights to Cape Town and Tokyo-Haneda. It also introduced four new seasonal routes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Austria, Norway, and Finland.
As the French airline works on reinforcing its presence worldwide, particularly in North Africa, numerous airlines have similarly included Moroccan destinations in their winter catalog.
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Low-cost airline carriers such as Ryanair and Royal Air Maroc have increased their seat capacity in Moroccan tourist hubs such as Casablanca, Marrakech, and Agadir.
Meanwhile, some airlines, such as airBaltic and Flynas, just made their debut in the Moroccan market with the hope of consolidating their footprint in the region and the continent as a whole.
After it reopened its borders on February 7 and gradually eased its COVID-19 restrictions, Morocco welcomed 7.4 million tourists in the first half of 2022.
The number is expected to grow during the winter season since the country’s mild weather is highly appealing to European tourists.
