New Low Cost Airline in Morocco to launch Flights to London

Morocco has a new low-cost airline - Air Arabia Maroc. The new airline will start operations on 6 May 2009 with the inaugural flight to Stansted Airport in London followed by selected destinations across Europe and North Africa.

The new airline, led by Managing Director, Mr. Adel Ali, will fly to and from the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Air Arabia Maroc as the newest participant in the Kingdom’s dynamic aviation sector,” said Mr. Karim Ghellab, Minister of Equipment and Transport of the Kingdom of Morocco. “The launch of the airline is a significant event, expanding the choice of affordable flights between Morocco, Europe and North Africa, and contributing to the growth of business, tourism, and personal travel in the Kingdom and beyond."

The new airline was founded by Air Arabia, one of the first low cost airlines in the Middle East and North Africa, in partnership with Regional Air Lines, a leading private carrier in Morocco, and Ithmaar Bank of Bahrain. Air Arabia has assumed management control of the carrier and is applying its successful business model to the management of the newly established airline.

Air Arabia Maroc will start operations with two brand new Airbus A320 aircraft.

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