Moroccan Air Travel Plummets 70% in 2020 Amid Global Pandemic

During the first ten months of 2020, international traffic recorded a 71.87% drop, due to a decline in all geographical sectors, with -71.06% in Europe, -71.55% in Africa, -77.94% in the Middle and Far East and 75.17% in North America.

For the month of October alone, Moroccan airports showed a 82.02% decline, welcoming 388,659 passengers compared to 2,161,696 passengers in the same period in 2019. Of this rate, Mohammed V airport received nearly 46% of the total traffic, a 79.08% drop. As for Marrakech Menara airport, it fell by 94.88% and Agadir Al Massira by 83.34%, ONDA said.

Regarding domestic air traffic, it fell by 69.72%, welcoming 82,781 passengers, the statistics revealed, noting that international air traffic, representing 78.70% of total traffic, fell by 83.80%. The decline affects all markets, mainly that of Europe.

As for aircraft traffic, it recorded 5,024 aircraft movements in October 2020, a 71.94% drop compared to October 2019, with 48.27% of the traffic for Mohammed V airport, 8.30% for Marrakech Menara and 7.52% for Agadir Al Massira. In addition, air freight experienced a 39.46% decline, standing at 5,075.19 tons in October 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, the same source noted.