Passenger air visitors ought to exceed 30 million passengers on the finish of 2024, Minister of Transport and Logistics Mohamed Abdeljalil indicated on Wednesday within the Home of Councilors.
Talking at a gathering of the thematic group accountable for getting ready the annual session of analysis of public insurance policies within the subject of tourism, Mr. Abdeljalil burdened that the event of the air transport sector might be defined by the measures strengthening the standard of air transport infrastructure “which has made it potential to extend the vacationer attractiveness of Morocco, the sector having recorded a big enchancment within the efficiency of its numerous elements and a big drop in ticket costs, in addition to a tangible evolution of worldwide air visitors and the strains operated.”
Since Morocco signed the open skies coverage with the European Union, air passenger visitors has grown exponentially, from 7.7 million in 2005 to fifteen million in 2010, then to greater than 18 million in 2016. and greater than 25 million in 2019 earlier than the worldwide well being disaster, to achieve 27 million in 2023, defined the minister.
He additionally reported that a lot of the Kingdom’s airports recorded double-digit development charges in 2023 in comparison with 2022, together with Marrakech (+41%), Rabat (+38%), Tetouan (+35%), Tangier (+34%), Fez (+31%), Agadir (+30%), Nador (+22%) and Oujda (+10%).
Regarding passenger visitors in response to the ten greatest locations in 2023, this visitors from and to France and Spain, which characterize roughly 41% of the market share, recorded will increase of (+27%) and (+34 %) respectively in comparison with 2022, he added, highlighting that the German market skilled the strongest development (+55%) throughout the identical interval.
On this context, he specified that this upward pattern was consolidated in the course of the first quarter of 2024, explaining that a number of airports recorded a double-digit bounce in comparison with the identical interval of 2023, notably Marrakech (+22 %), Agadir (+23%), Rabat-Salé (+32%), Dakhla (+19%), Essaouira (+38%) and Ouarzazate (+36%).
“This good efficiency of air visitors is because of a number of components, notably the creation of latest airways, the strengthening of weekly flights on common routes, and really excessive plane occupancy charges,” mentioned Mr. Abdeljalil, citing, for instance, Marrakech Menara airport which has skilled a big enhance in passenger visitors because of an plane occupancy charge of greater than 90% and the addition of 10 weekly worldwide flights and 4 home flights.
As for Agadir-Al Massira airport in the course of the first quarter of 2024, the minister indicated that along with Umrah flights, 13 new air routes have been created, providing 19 new weekly flights. Relating to Rabat-Salé airport, a brand new airline, EasyJet, has began working there, creating 5 new airways with 13 weekly flights.
Home air visitors throughout this primary quarter of 2024, for its half, recorded 600,000 passengers, representing a median development of two% in comparison with the identical interval of 2023, with a restoration charge of round 90% in comparison with to 2019, whereas worldwide air visitors recorded 6.3 million passengers, up 15% in comparison with the identical interval of 2023, famous the minister.
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– 2024-05-31 20:07:04
