
Morocco Transport Prices Surge Post-Eid, Sparking Traveler Outrage
Many travelers in Morocco were surprised by the increase in prices charged by road transport professionals after Eid al-Fitr. They denounce this unjustified price hike.

Many travelers in Morocco were surprised by the increase in prices charged by road transport professionals after Eid al-Fitr. They denounce this unjustified price hike.

The requirement imposed by Ryanair on Moroccan travelers to pay for domestic flight tickets in foreign currency and not in dirhams as required by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics continues to elicit reactions. In Parliament, the Haraki group calls on Minister Mohammed Abdeljalil to protect the rights of customers of the Irish low-cost airline.

The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics have clarified the alleged financial support granted to Ryanair to operate domestic flights in Morocco, the unfair competition with Royal Air Maroc and the payment in euros of domestic flights.

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics has given a reminder to the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair about its commitments. Since March 31, the company has been operating domestic flights in Morocco in foreign currency and not in dirhams as required by the department of Mohammed Abdeljalil.

The Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water launched on Friday a call for tenders for the realization of the studies of the highway project connecting Beni Mellal to Fès and Meknès. The future highway aims to accelerate the socio-economic and tourist development of the central-east of the kingdom.

Spain wants to take an active part in the project to expand the Moroccan rail network, especially the high-speed lines. The subject was on the agenda of a meeting between Mohamed Abdeljalil, Moroccan Minister of Transport and Logistics, and his Spanish counterpart Óscar Puente, on a working visit to Rabat.

The Moroccan construction and public works (BTP) sector is booming. In 2024, public investment in this area saw a staggering increase of 56% compared to the previous year, reaching an amount of 64 billion dirhams (DH).

Deputy Loubna Sghiri addressed the Ministers of the Interior and Equipment and Water to sound the alarm about the proliferation of unauthorized car wash stations .

The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Mohamed Abdeljalil, announced a series of reforms concerning driving schools, both in terms of the conditions for granting, suspending and withdrawing licenses and the training of instructors.

Aziz El Lebbar, the deputy and president of the Regional Tourism Council of the Fez-Meknes region, calls for the creation of a tramway line and a high-speed train (TGV) in the city of Fez.

Studies for the realization of the high-speed rail (HSR) line connecting Kénitra to Marrakech are progressing, Mohamed Abdeljalil, the Minister of Transport and Logistics, recently assured, providing details on the ongoing construction sites to modernize the Moroccan railway sector.

The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Mohamed Adeljalil, presented on Tuesday to the House of Advisors the progress of the actions taken by the National Railways Office (ONCF) to strengthen and modernize rail transport between the cities and airports of the kingdom.