Air Arabia Maroc ( ar, العربية للطيران المغرب) is a
Moroccan low-cost airline
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
, set up as a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...
between various Moroccan investors and
Air Arabia
Air Arabia ( ar, العربية للطيران ''al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarān'') is an Emirati low-cost airline with its head office in the A1 Building Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, UAE. The airline operates scheduled se ...
.
Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of
Mohammed V International Airport
Mohammed V International Airport, ; ber, ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5; french: Aéroport International de Mohammed V is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Province ...
in
Nouaceur Province
Nouaceur ( ar, إقليم النواصر, french: Province de Nouaceur) is a province in the Moroccan region of Casablanca-Settat. Its population in 2004 was 236,119Its major town is Bouskouraalthough the administrative centre is Nouaceur.
Moha ...
, Morocco in
Greater Casablanca.
History
Air Arabia Maroc was founded as a partnership between
Air Arabia
Air Arabia ( ar, العربية للطيران ''al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarān'') is an Emirati low-cost airline with its head office in the A1 Building Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, UAE. The airline operates scheduled se ...
,
Regional Air Lines
Royal Air Maroc Express is a regional airline and 100% subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc based in Casablanca, Morocco. The carrier operates scheduled domestic services and scheduled regional flights to mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar ...
and
Ithmaar Bank
Ithmaar Bank B.S.C. (closed) ("Ithmaar Bank") is a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank that is licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain and provides retail, commercial, treasury & financial institutions and other banking services.
I ...
.
The
low-cost carrier
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
was officially launched on 29 April 2009, and started operations on 6 May the same year,
with its maiden flight serving the
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
–
London Stansted
London Stansted Airport is a tertiary international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, northeast of Central London.
London Stansted serves over 160 destinations acros ...
route.
Radiating from Casablanca, the first destinations served were
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
,
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
,
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
and
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. In the same year, Jason Bitter —former
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
SkyEurope
SkyEurope Airlines was a low-cost airline headquartered in Bratislava, with its main base at Bratislava Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, and another base in Prague. The carrier filed for bankruptcy on 31 August 2009 and suspended all fli ...
— was appointed Air Arabia Maroc's CEO.
In October 2019, Air Arabia Maroc unveiled plans to shut down it base at
Agadir–Al Massira Airport
Agadir – Al Massira Airport ( ar, مطار المسيرة, Matar al-Maseera; french: Aéroport Al Massira; ) is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco and the capital of Souss-Massa region. The airport is lo ...
and close several routes in the same month.
Destinations
Fleet
The Air Arabia Maroc fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2019):
See also
*
List of airlines of Morocco
This is a list of airlines currently operating in Morocco.
See also
* List of defunct airlines of Morocco
* List of airlines
{{Africa topic, List of airlines of
Airlines of Morocco, *
Lists of airlines by country, Morocco
Morocco trans ...
*
Transport in Morocco
There are around of roads (national, regional and provincial) in Morocco. In addition to of highways (August 2016).
The Tangier–Casablanca high-speed rail link marks the first stage of the ONCF's high-speed rail master plan, pursuant to which ...
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Air Arabia Maroc
2009 establishments in Morocco
Airlines of Morocco
Airlines established in 2009
Low-cost carriers