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United Airlines has signed a deal with Morocco’s tourism authorities to launch a direct air route linking Marrakech to New York. The deal was signed between the airlines and Morocco’s tourism promotion office as it eyes more American visitors to the Red city. United Airlines will be using its Boeing 767-300 with 167 seat capacity […]
The first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco landed in Marrakesh on Sunday, marking the launch of non-stop flights between Morocco and Israel since they both agreed to resume diplomatic ties last December in a US-brokered deal. An Israir flight with about 100 passengers from Tel Aviv arrived in Marrakech Sunday noon, while another […]
Direct air routes between Morocco and Israel are expected to be launched in two to three months, following a deal signed by the two countries on the sidelines of a visit of an Israeli-US delegation to Rabat, tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The Minister underscored Morocco’s attractiveness to the Moroccan Jewish community in Israel […]
The Philippines and Morocco have agreed on an air services pact that will enable direct flights between the two countries, the Philippines’ Department of Transportation announced. “Pending the ratification of the air services agreement, the parties signed a memorandum of understanding granting full third and fourth freedom traffic rights for both passenger and cargo, and […]
Negotiations are underway for the launch of a direct air route between Morocco and China by the end of 2019, head of Morocco’s tourism promotion office ONMT said. The new link will depart either from Morocco’s economic hub Casablanca or from Marrakech, the Kingdom’s tourism hub towards either Beijing or Shanghai, the ONMT chief said. […]
Two weekly flights will link Morocco to Hungary as of October 30 as the north African Kingdom aspires to attract 30,000 Hungarian tourists by 2018 and 100,000 by 2020. In a statement to the press, director of Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) Abderrafie Zouitene said that Morocco and Hungary will be linked by two flights […]