Royal Air Maroc to Cut 858 Jobs, Reduce Fleet Amid Coronavirus Crisis

We now know a little more about the number of jobs that Royal Air Maroc is about to eliminate. For the CEO of RAM, the social plan will be detailed in the coming days. In the meantime, CEO Abdelhamid Addou has confirmed the elimination of 858 jobs, across all categories. A reduction in the fleet, the closure of certain representations, is also planned, writes Le360.

Abdelhamid Addou also raised the possibility of a voluntary departure plan for staff aged over 57 with 15 years of seniority, subject to approval by management. The conditions of this plan are still under negotiation, we are told, on the UMT side.

This wave of layoffs is expected in the ranks of the technical flight crew (about 180 pilots), 30% of the commercial flight crew (flight attendants and stewards) and only 13% of the ground staff, not to mention job cuts at subsidiaries (RAM Handling, etc.).

As for the reduction in the fleet, RAM plans to part with about twenty aircraft, including 4 Embraer, 4 Dreamliner 787 and a dozen B73 aircraft. For the record, RAM’s fleet currently has 59 aircraft, including 37 B737, 2 B737 Max (grounded since the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March 2019), 1 B767 Cargo (dedicated to air freight), 9 B787, 4 Embraer 190 and 6 ATR 72-212A.