By Akram Medhat
EgyptAir, the national carrier of the Arab Republic of Egypt, has signed a codeshare agreement with Royal Air Maroc, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Morocco, under which customers of both companies can travel to Cairo and Casablanca on each other's flights, in addition to many benefits and more travel options on 12 weekly flights operated by the two companies under the codeshare system at multiple times starting November 28 this month.
Both EgyptAir and Royal Air Maroc will act as marketing and operating carriers on direct flights between Casablanca and Cairo.
In this context, Safwat Moslem, Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company, stated that the cooperation with Royal Air Maroc stems from the keenness to provide multiple options that serve the traveling public and achieve customer satisfaction, adding that under this agreement the two companies will be able to offer more tangible services and mutual benefits, given that both are members of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
For his part, Abdelhamid Addou, CEO of Royal Air Maroc, affirmed that this new partnership will provide passengers wishing to travel between Egypt and Morocco with more flights and thus freedom in choosing travel times, given the variety of flight timings. It also aims to boost and revive tourism and travel between the two cities, and this is the first phase toward strengthening this partnership in the near future.
It is worth noting that EgyptAir operates 11 weekly flights to Morocco, numbered MS847, departing at 8:10 a.m., and flight MS861, departing at 6:50 p.m., on its newest Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
