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• Transavia Flight Cancellation Strands 100 Passengers in Marrakech Amid Union Action
  24 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  About a hundred Transavia passengers were stranded in Morocco on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. The cause: the cancellation of the Marrakech-Lyon flight.
  The troubles that Transavia, a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group, inflicts on its passengers, have resumed with a vengeance. The movement announced by the CGT with the Transavia France flight attendants and stewards has created an impasse on flights, in this case on the Marrakech-Lyon flight on Wednesday, August 21, reports Lyon (…)

• EasyJet Expands Routes to Morocco: New Flights from Nice, Lyon, and Nantes to Tangier
  11 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The airline EasyJet is preparing to open six new routes in Morocco, in order to connect Nice, Lyon and Nantes to the capital of the Strait.
  The Tangier hub is consolidating. EasyJet, the British low-cost airline, intends to open several new routes connecting France to Morocco, including six for Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, reports L’Economiste.
  "The new links will be operated from the airports of Nice with two weekly frequencies (Wednesday and Sunday), Nantes-Atlantique, with two (…)

• Rhône Imams Mandate Civil Marriage Before Religious Ceremonies
  15 January 2019, by Said

  The Theological Council of Imams of the Rhône (CTIR) has just taken a firm stand on civil marriage and religious marriage during its second assembly held on January 12 at the Décines mosque, near Lyon.
  "The CTIR reminds all the imams of the Rhône that they must under no circumstances celebrate a religious marriage if it is not preceded by a civil marriage at the town hall or before any other official institution," the CTIR writes in its final statement.
  For Azzedine Gaci, rector of the (…)

• Transavia Launches New Lyon-Casablanca Flight Route for Summer 2019
  13 February 2019, by Said

  A new flight to Morocco has just been announced by the low-cost airline Transavia for the summer of 2019.
  This new route between Lyon and Casablanca will be open between July 30 and September 1 with two flights per week.
  In detail, the departures will be from Lyon-Saint Exupéry on Tuesdays at 10:45 p.m. while the return flight from Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport is scheduled for Wednesday at 1:20 a.m. On Sundays, the aircraft will take off at 11:45 p.m. from Lyon and return from (…)

• Air Arabia Launches New Summer Routes Between Morocco and France
  2 April 2019, by Said

  The low-cost airline Air Arabia has been offering new flights between Morocco and France since yesterday. These new routes have been launched as part of its summer program.
  Thus, there is a new flight between Tangier and Lyon with two departures per week. On Mondays at 3:45 pm from Tangier-Ibn Battouta for an expected arrival at 7:45 pm at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport and on Thursdays at 7:00 am for a landing scheduled at 10:30 am. As for the returns, they are scheduled on Mondays at 8:00 (…)

• Major Drug Bust: 568 kg of Moroccan Cannabis Seized in Lyon, Five Arrested
  3 April 2021, by Sylvanus

  An investigation of several weeks that proved fruitful. On Wednesday, the law enforcement officers intercepted a truck in an industrial area of Genas, with a cargo of 568 kg of cannabis resin, reports Lyon Mag. The truck, which had started its journey in Morocco for France, had transited through Spain. The investigators arrested two drivers and the trafficker, a logistics operator on site. The market value of the illicit product is estimated at 2.5 million euros.
  On Thursday, the OFAST (…)

• Moroccan Prospect Ryad Talbi Set to Join Nice, Snubbing Lyon’s Offer
  2 July 2022, by Ginette

  Moroccan player Ryad Talbi, at the end of his trainee contract with Lyon, will join Nice for his internship contract. A big loss for OL who thought they could still count on their attacking midfielder.
  According to L’Équipe, the signing of the contract formalizing the transfer of striker Ryad Talbi to Nice will take place this week. Lyon tried to retain this versatile player by offering him the same type of contract as Nice, but the player preferred to go elsewhere for other experiences. (…)

• France Bolsters Security for Africa Cup Final Amid Potential Celebrations
  19 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  France is taking security measures in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Montbéliard as well as in the departments of Ain and Côte-d’Or to prevent unrest in case of an Algeria victory in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) on Friday, July 19, 2019.
  The outbursts of joy that prevail after each victory of the Algerian national football team explain the security system in place in certain French cities. Paris and Marseille are under heavy police surveillance, similar to the security (…)

• 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 (…)

• Lyon Eyes $25 Million Move for Schalke’s Troubled Midfielder Amine Harit
  11 January 2019, by Said

  In poor form since the start of the season, the Moroccan international Amine Harit could soon pack his bags for the French Ligue 1.
  The German club of Schalke 04, which he joined last year, wants to get rid of him because of his lack of discipline and his antics off the pitch, and the young player could be recruited by the Olympique Lyonnais club.
  According to Sky Sport, the German team would have set a price of $25 million to release him.
  It should be noted that Amine Harit remained (…)