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Moroccan authorities will suspend air links with the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany, Moroccan airlines RAM and Air Arabia said. The decision was taken following the spread of a new and more contagious coronavirus variant in the three countries. However, the suspension of flights will add hurdles to the recovery of a bad-hit tourist industry […]
The Russian Embassy in Morocco announced that flights between Morocco and Russia have been suspended, starting Tuesday Oct.5. The embassy said it had received a decision from the Moroccan authorities regarding the suspension of flights with Russia, starting on Tuesday. The embassy did not indicate the reasons for this suspension, but it is likely that […]
Morocco decided on Thursday to stop flights from and to Algeria and Egypt until March 21. The decision is part of the country’s efforts to fight the new coronavirus strains, according to Moroccan authorities. The same source added that this decision also applies to travelers who come from Algeria and Egypt through countries that still […]
Hundreds of European tourists, mostly French, massed in Marrakech airport demanding flights to go home after Morocco banned all flights with 30 countries. In Agadir, dozen French tourists staged a sit-in in front of their country’s consulate, asking for their repatriation. Morocco halted flights with France, in addition to Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend until further notice passenger flights with 21 more countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release issued Saturday, March 14, the same day the Ministry of Health announced nine new cases of […]
UK’s flag carrier British Airways and Germany’s national carrier Lufthansa have temporarily suspended flights to capital Cairo on the ground of serious security concerns. British Airways announced Saturday it was suspending flights to Cairo for seven days as part of evaluation of the security situation at world airports where the airline operates flights to. “The […]