Flights to Morocco

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Map of Airports in Morocco

A list of all our featured airports in Morocco can be found below, together with an overview of how to find cheap flights to Morocco.

Featured Cities in Morocco:

Agadir

Casablanca

Fez

Marrakech

Ouarzazate

Oujda

Rabat

Tangier

Flights to Morocco - Overview

Demand for flights to Morocco has dampened slightly since then-Chancellor Gordon Brown doubled air passenger duty earlier this year. Despite Morocco’s location within sight of southern Spain, it is considered to be a long-haul destination in the eyes of the exchequer. Flights to Morocco are therefore subject to a whopping £40 air passenger duty charge per person.

Despite this, the availability of cheap flights to Morocco has expanded significantly since the country signed an open skies treaty with the EU in 2006. Morocco is the first country in Africa to enter into an arrangement which creates a completely liberalised airspace, opening up its airports to unrestricted competition.

This has enabled Morocco flights to be offered by both Ryanair and Easyjet, with Thomsonfly also operating some scheduled flights to Morocco, in addition to the charter flights which were already widely available. British Airways franchise partner GB Airways has also significantly increased its range of flights to Morocco.

Despite this liberalisation, most Morocco flights still depart from London, although both Thomsonfly and GB Airways also offer flights to Marrakech and Agadir respectively from Manchester.

Connecting flights:

Although the choice of direct flights to Morocco from London should make it unnecessary to take connecting flights, you're much less likely to find a direct link from other UK airports.

Beyond major airports such as Marrakesh and Agadir, you're most likely to find connecting flights through Royal Air Maroc's main hub in Casablanca.

Naturally, the widest range of flights to Morocco is available from France, which has strong colonial ties with Morocco. There are also plenty of flights to Morocco from Spain, Morocco's closest European neighbour. Unfortunately, neither of these options are ideal for making flight connections from the UK - many flights from Paris to Morocco depart from Orly airport, instead of Charles de Gaulle, which has the widest choice feeder flights from British regional airports. Meanwhile, it is no longer possible to arrange through bookings from airports like Manchester or Birmingham via Madrid or Barcelona, as British Airways have withdrawn from these routes.

If an obvious direct route is not available, we would certainly suggest shopping around the different online travel agents (Ebookers, Expedia etc). Alternatively, you might want to consider travelling between different cities in Morocco by train or coach. Compared to many other countries in Africa, the trains in Morocco are of a good standard, using old rolling stock from the French SNCF system.

We hope that you have found this information about flights to Morocco useful.

Flights to Morocco

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Flights to Morocco - Overview

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