During the first eight months of 2019, nearly 16.7 million travelers transited through the various Moroccan airports, compared to 14.85 million travelers in the same period last year.
Marrakech-Menara International Airport experienced a 30.58% increase in traffic in July 2019, according to the National Airports Office (ONDA).
An intermediary acting on behalf of several car rental agencies at Marrakech’s Menara Airport is accused of fraud and breach of trust. He took advantage of their trust to get his hands on 15 rented cars, the rental rights, as well as sums of money deposited as a guarantee.
Swissport has renewed its contract with 15 airports in Morocco. These are the airports of Casablanca, Tangier, Rabat, Nador, Oujda, Al Hoceima, Tetouan, Marrakech, Agadir, Fez, Ouarzazate, Essaouira, Laayoune, Dakhla and Errachidia. This contract concerns the award of a new handling license to Swissport. It was signed with the Swiss Group by the National Airports Office for the award of handling licenses (ONDA).
The city of Marrakech continues to attract international airlines. This is the case, for example, of Thomas Cook airlines which announces its second flight to Morocco.
The Marrakech-Ménara International Airport is positioning itself in terms of passenger traffic. For this year, it shows a 16% increase in air traffic compared to last year.
The airline Saudi Airlines has just launched a new connection to Marrakech. The ochre city is now connected to Jeddah.
Moroccan airports saw the passage last month of some 2,307,558 passengers, an increase of 14.64% compared to the same period last year.
Six Norwegian nationals were allowed to contact a Norwegian mafia member during his transfer from the Salé prison to the Marrakech international airport for extradition to his country of origin.
The airline Qatar Airways is strengthening the Morocco destination with the increase of its services to the airports of Casablanca and Marrakech from next summer.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has just announced the suspension of a police inspector stationed at Marrakech-Menara airport following accusations of theft.
More than 5.2 million passengers transited through Marrakech-Menara airport last year, nearly a million more than in 2017.