The only exceptions are over flights, cargo, and medical flights. All passengers from those countries travelling through another country are not allowed to enter Morocco. View flight times, airport connections, travel and currency. With effect from 11pm on 30 March 2021, the Moroccan Government has suspended all flights until further notice between Morocco and France and Spain. Getty ImagesMoroccowill halt all incoming air travel from across the world beginning on Monday in an attempt to prevent importation of cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The suspension is in response to the new Omicron variant, and it will last two weeks.
Omicron case numbers in the UK hit 336 on Monday, when Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed there was community transmission of the variant.Ĭurrently 11 African countries are on the UK’s reinstated red list, following Omicron’s emergence. Search flights from Bristol to Marrakech, Morocco. Share CopiedFILE PHOTO: A view of the Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, Morocco. All incoming flights to Morocco have been suspended beginning this Tuesday. ‘Ryanair regrets the unnecessary disruption caused and apologises to all of our passengers for this outcome, which is entirely beyond our control.’
‘Ryanair complies with all Govt travel restrictions, however the on again / off again travel rulings, means we have been regrettably forced to cancel all flights to/from Morocco until 1st February 2022. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said: ‘We deeply regret this disruption to our passengers from these cancelled Morocco flights until 1st February 2022, due to a lack of clarity from the Moroccan authorities on what to expect beyond their initial travel ban ruling to 13th December. Map shows areas in England where more than 12,000,000 may plunge into 'fuel poverty' Passengers impacted by the move have been contacted and made aware of their options, which Ryanair say includes ‘a free flight move or refund’. It was also branded ‘outrageous’ for banning passengers who asked for refunds on flights disrupted by Covid.īut now it says it ‘deeply regrets’ the cancellation of its Morocco flights. The airline has reportedly flown ‘ghost flights’ with no one on board during the pandemic – seemingly to avoid paying refunds and at great environmental cost. Ryanair says 160,000 of its customers have been impacted so far, adding that a further 230,000 passengers will also face disruption after it scrapped its planned flights. RABAT: Morocco is suspending all incoming air travel from around the world starting Monday for two weeks because of the rapid spread of the new omicron variant, the Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. The suspension took effect today, for an indeterminate period. The restrictions have dealt a punishing blow to the North African country’s vital tourism sector, already on its knees after two lost seasons because of the pandemic.Ryanair has been accused of flying ‘ghost planes’ to avoid Covid refunds – at huge environmental cost (Picture: REX) Morocco bans incoming flights from UK Published date: 21 October 2021 The Moroccan government has banned the arrival of flights from the UK as Covid-19 cases in the latter continue to climb.
The government has also banned all New Year’s Eve celebrations and reimposed a nighttime curfew.įestivals and cultural gatherings have been banned since the start of the month. Now the only passenger movements allowed are one-off repatriation flights for foreign citizens in the kingdom, authorized on a case-by-case basis by Rabat. Rabat imposed the measure to run initially from late November until December 31, although a mechanism had been in place for Moroccan citizens stranded abroad to come home.īut on Thursday Rabat stopped that mechanism, meaning the de facto closure of the country’s borders.įor all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Morocco kept its borders closed for months in 2020 because of the pandemic, fearing that its health system wouldnt be able to manage the surges of patients seen in nearby Europe. Morocco will halt incoming passenger flights for two weeks starting Monday night amid concern over the spread of a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant dubbed Omicron, a government committee said.
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