Royal Air Maroc Expands Operations in Tunisian Market

Rabat- Morocco’s national air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) held a workshop with Tunisian travel agencies on Saturday to showcase its goods and services. Following the October 29 increase to 14 weekly flights between Morocco and Tunisia, the meeting provided an opportunity to advertise RAM’s network and provide customers traveling between the two countries with a variety of options.

Additionally, customers from the Tunisian market now have numerous route options connecting them to 16 Moroccan cities, 23 African networks services, four American networks, six Iberian Peninsula destinations, and the Canary Islands, according to converging reports.

Royal Air Maroc’s regional representative in Tunisia Mohammed Issam Mosseddaq highlighted the benefits of the Oneworld alliance, while showcasing a variety of innovative products and services offered by Royal Air Maroc.

Development Manager of Morocco, Middle East, and Asia Department Hassan Benbrahim was present at the event as well as employees of the regional representation of Royal Air Maroc in Tunisia and 100 partners.

Mosseddaq noted that Royal Air Maroc connects Tunisia to an incredibly wide network through this alliance.

“This event is also an opportunity to highlight the membership of Royal Air Maroc to the prestigious oneworld alliance and the benefits it provides to customers in the Tunisian market,” he added.

He also emphasized RAM‘s network expansion through the company’s opening of operations in Luanda, Angola, and three services in the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands (Porto, Seville and Tenerife).

In April 2020, Royal Air Maroc officially joined the oneworld Alliance, becoming the first African member of the global airline alliance. RAM added 39 new destinations in 23 countries to the alliance’s network.

The oneworld network serves more than 900 destinations in 170 territories with hundreds of airport lounges. The alliance offers smoother transfers for passengers traveling across member airlines, a greater range of frequent-flyer rewards, access to more airport lounges, and more codeshare agreements between member airlines.

n June, Royal Air Maroc’s CEO Abdelhamid Addou announced the company’s plans to transform the national carrier into a global connector between Africa and Europe in the post-COVID era.

Addou stated that the national carrier is preparing to launch a new tender for 22 regional, short-haul, and long-haul aircrafts, stressing that the national carrier needs to “invest in more planes and have an airport with a much larger size, a more efficient quality, and a better customer experience.”