Fez-Saiss Airport

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• Small Plane Crashes Near Fez Airport, Two Crew Members Seriously Injured
  11 April, by Said

  An investigation has been opened by the authorities following the crash of a small plane that occurred this Friday afternoon. The accident occurred near the Fez-Saïss airport around 4:30 p.m., mobilizing significant rescue and security resources, including elements of the Royal Gendarmerie, local authorities and civil protection. The accident site has been secured.
  The damaged aircraft was carrying a crew of two people, a pilot and a co-pilot, who were going to Fez, according to a source (…)

• Moroccan Man Deported from France Under Mysterious Circumstances
  1 May 2019, by Kamal

  The French authorities this week carried out the repatriation of a Moroccan national to Fès-Saiss airport, for reasons unknown to date. Is it a wanted notice or illegal stay? No information has been communicated.
  On Monday afternoon, a Moroccan national in his thirties was expelled by the French police and arrested at Fès airport by the Moroccan authorities upon disembarking from a plane from Lyon.
  No information has been communicated about the reasons for his repatriation or the wanted (…)

• Fez Aims to Rival Marrakech as Morocco’s Top Tourist Destination
  3 June 2019, by Marcel

  Supplant Marrakech. The vision developed by Fez through the authorities and specialists in charge of bringing it back to tourist expansion. To this end, what it puts on the scale is substantial: in particular, its 9,000 historic dwellings, its 11 ancient Koranic schools, its 83 mausoleums, its 176 mosques and its 1,200 craft workshops, writes the AFP.
  In addition, its tens of thousands of alleys and, in particular, its famous tannery workshops allowing the transformation of animal skins (…)

• Man Arrested for False Bomb Threat at Fez-Saïss Airport
  5 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Fez arrested a 45-year-old individual. He would be involved in a case of denunciation of a fictitious terrorist crime.
  The accused had called, by telephone, the Command and Coordination Room, under the Prefectural Police of Fez and responsible for receiving citizens’ calls and then managing police interventions on public roads. The person concerned wanted to denounce a fictitious terrorist crime at Fez-Saïss Airport, before hanging up (…)

• Fès-Saïs Airport Upgrades: Terminal 1 Now Serves Domestic Flights, Enhancing Capacity and Compliance
  26 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Terminal 1 of Fès-Saïs airport has been welcoming domestic flight passengers since November 4. This measure to separate the flows between domestic and international flight passengers aims to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and to streamline traffic at terminal 2, dedicated to international flights.
  This platform will now be dedicated to national traffic, in order to comply with the recommendations of this international body, says the airport (…)

• TUI Fly Launches New Summer Route from Lille to Fez, Morocco
  28 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  TUI Fly will operate flights from Lille airport to Morocco starting July 21. This is the new destination the company is offering to travelers this summer.
  Subject to the reopening of the Moroccan borders, the low-cost company will operate flights to Fez, every Tuesday this summer, reports Actu.fr. This is a former route operated by the Ryanair company in the early 2010s.
  Fez is renowned for the fortified medina of Fès El Bali, with medieval Marinid architecture... A city often (…)

• Air Arabia Expands Morocco-Europe Routes with New Flights to Nice and Cologne
  29 June 2023, by Said

  The Air Arabia company has just launched two new air links between Morocco and Europe. These are two flights between Fez-Nice and Tangier-Cologne.
  The inaugural flight between Fès-Saiss airport and Nice airport was launched on June 24. These flights are scheduled on Tuesdays and Saturdays, as indicated in a press release from the airline.
  Air Arabia also announced the launch of the air link between the cities of Cologne and Tangier. Only one flight per week is planned, and it will be on (…)

• Transavia Expands Routes from Lyon: New Flights to Morocco, Armenia, and Albania
  7 December 2023, by Said

  The airline Transavia is launching three new flights from Lyon airport. A new route is also planned for Morocco.
  The Air France subsidiary plans to launch a flight to Fez from Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport starting in spring 2024, at a price of around 100 euros.
  Transavia will also offer flights to Yerevan, Armenia and Tirana, Albania, as indicated in a press release from the company. Tickets will be offered starting December 19, for less than 100 euros one-way, it is specified.
  For the (…)

• Moroccan Evacuation Flight from Wuhan Diverted to Benslimane for Coronavirus Screening
  2 February 2020, by Kamal

  Initially scheduled to land at the Fès-Saiss airport, the landing of the plane carrying Moroccans residing in Wuhan finally took place, on Sunday, February 2, at the Benslimane airport.
  This change of course comes following the instructions given by the Ministry of Health, aimed at ensuring the health status of the passengers and thoroughly disinfecting the aircraft, which remained 10 hours in a row at the Wuhan airport.
  Besieged by the health authorities, the plane and the covered area (…)

• Fès-Saiss Airport Implements Enhanced Safety Measures for Reopening
  15 June 2020, by Prince

  Like the other airports in the country, Fès-Saiss is preparing to ensure a secure and reassuring welcome for passengers, in accordance with the recovery plan of the National Airports Office (ONDA).
  In terms of preventive and health measures to be taken, there is the implementation of marked circuits and state-of-the-art thermal cameras, in order to respect social distancing in all passenger reception areas, the strengthening of cleaning and intensive disinfection operations of airport (…)