British Airways and Royal Air Maroc to Codeshare

Royal Air Maroc has signed a codeshare agreement with British Airways.

The codeshare will give customers more choice between Heathrow and Marrakesh, as well as daily access to Royal Air Maroc’s hub in Casablanca, which is not currently served directly by British Airways.

Casablanca also serves as the perfect hub for connections onto other Royal Air Maroc destinations, including Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, Freetown in Sierra Leone and Agadir in Morocco.

Travellers can already book tickets on the codeshare flights which will operate from 20 February, prior to Royal Air Maroc joining the oneworld alliance on 1 April 2020.

Hamid Addou, Royal Air Maroc’s CEO, said, "This new codeshare with a prestigious company, British Airways, confirms Royal Air Maroc's major role as a key player connecting Africa to the rest of the world. We are very pleased with this cooperation which will foster our traffic development and ease the access to both our companies' networks on both ends. Thanks to this code-sharing agreement, Royal Air Maroc offers its passengers access to additional destinations across Great Britain and a better customer journey, through optimized connections and end-to-end check-in operations, with international assistance at airports served by the two companies.”

Both Royal Air Maroc and British Airways’ customers will be able to earn loyalty points when flying on either carrier.

British Airways’ customers will also be eligible for access to Royal Air Maroc’s airport lounges when flying in premium cabins of Royal Air Maroc’s, bearing British Airways code and the same will apply to Royal Air Maroc’s customers flying in a premium cabin of British Airways codeshare flights at British Airways airport lounges.

Chris Fordyce, British Airways’ Head of Alliances, said, “We are delighted to be partnering with Morocco’s flagship airline, Royal Air Maroc to create our first African codeshare agreement. Not only will this codeshare agreement give our customers the choice of more flights to Africa’s biggest tourist destination, Morocco, it will connect our extensive global network to new destinations in Africa.”

See latest Travel News, Interviews, Podcasts and other news regarding: British Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Codeshare.