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Founded | April 2009 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | May 2009 | ||||||
Operating bases | Mohammed V International Airport | ||||||
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Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 40 [2] | ||||||
Parent company | Air Arabia | ||||||
Headquarters | Nouaceur Province, Morocco | ||||||
Key people | Laila Mechbal ( COO) [3] | ||||||
Website |
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Air Arabia Maroc ( Arabic: العربية للطيران المغرب) is a Moroccan low-cost airline, set up as a joint venture between various Moroccan investors and Air Arabia. [4] Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of Mohammed V International Airport in Nouaceur Province, Morocco in Greater Casablanca. [5]
Air Arabia Maroc was founded as a partnership between Air Arabia, Regional Air Lines and Ithmaar Bank. [6] The low-cost carrier was officially launched on 29 April 2009, [7] and started operations on 6 May the same year, [4] with its maiden flight serving the Casablanca– London Stansted route. [8] [9] Radiating from Casablanca, the first destinations served were Brussels, London, Marseille, Milan and Paris. [10] In July the same year, Jason Bitter —former CEO of SkyEurope— was appointed Air Arabia Maroc's CEO. [11] [9]
In October 2019, Air Arabia Maroc unveiled plans to shut down it base at Agadir–Al Massira Airport and close several routes in the same month. [12]
The Air Arabia Maroc fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2019): [13]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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Airbus A320-200 | 10 | — | 162 | |||
168 | ||||||
Total | 10 | — |
RAM also faces home-grown LCC competition in the form Air Arabia Maroc – a cross-border JV formed by Air Arabia and Moroccan investors in 2009 and first flew in May-2009 – as well as Jet4you, the country's first private LCC, which commenced service in Feb-2006.
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