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Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and American Airlines have sealed a code-share deal, which will allow smoother connections for passengers of both airlines. The deal is due to go into effect on Dec.26. The deal will enable AA’s customers to buy selected RAM flights to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN), which will provide connecting service to Marrakech. Early […]
Morocco’s flag carrier RAM will start operating three flights per week between Casablanca and Beijing on January 16 as part of an expansion plan that also includes the acquisition of new long-haul aircrafts. RAM officials hope that the new route will help connect other African airports to Beijing Daxing airport, one of the largest in […]
American Airlines signed a codeshare agreement with Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc to complement its new route to Casablanca wherefrom it seeks further expansion into Africa. The agreement will enter into force upon approval by the US Department of Transportation. The two airlines already have an interline agreement in place. But the codeshare would allow the […]
Morocco is set on diversifying its tourist emitting markets with the signing with Chinese tour operator, C Trip, of an agreement that could bring 500,000 tourists annually. The North African country has attracted 12.3 million tourists in 2018 making it the largest African tourism market as it has become the 30th most visited country […]
US carrier, American Airlines, will launch its first US-Africa route with Casablanca as its first entry point on the African continent. The first flight is scheduled for June 4, 2020. The airline in a statement said it will operate three weekly flights from its Philadelphia hub to Mohammed V Casablanca international airport. Though operations […]
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is handling payments for online and travel agency bookings for Royal Air Maroc, Morocco’s national airline, and one of Africa’s leading and fastest growing airlines, Wirecard announced Tuesday in a press release. Royal Air Maroc is set to join the oneworld alliance in mid-2020, and has […]
Morocco’s flag carrier RAM launched Saturday the Casablanca-Boston air route, the fourth air link operated by the airline to the US. RAM said, only few weeks after launching Casablanca – Miami flight last April, that it will operate three trips to Boston weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. With the new destination, the number of […]
Morocco’s state-owned RAM airline said it transported 7.5 million people in 2018 generating revenues of 16 billion dirhams. CEO of the company Abdelhamid Addou told MPs that the company has an unlocked potential as it aspires to double in the upcoming decade its fleet made up currently of 61 planes. Currently RAM operates 100 air […]
Morocco’s flag carrier RAM has temporarily grounded its operating Boeing 737 max 8 airplane after a plane of the same type operated by Ethiopian airlines crashed killing 189 people. Morocco operates one Boeing 737 Max 8 and has received this year another plane of the same type, which is not in service yet. RAM received […]
Morocco’s national flagship carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has suspended its activities on the Casablanca-N’Djamena-Nairobi route with the airline saying it took the decision to re-position itself on markets that are more profitable. The suspension became effective on March 2. However, RAM head in Kenya, Othman Baba, told HuffPost Maroc that the decision is […]