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Morocco, here we come: Today are the first direct flights from Ben Gurion Airport
A holiday at Ben Gurion Airport today when two Israeli airlines, Israir and El Al, will take off for the first time directly to Marrakech. The duration of the flights is about five and a half hours. Morocco is currently defined as a "travel warning destination (Corona)"
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Ziv Reinstein
Sunday, 25 July 2021, 08:40 Updated: 11:26
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El Al's inaugural flight to Marrakesh in Morocco, 7/25/21 (Photo: Ziv Reinstein)
A new destination was opened today (Sunday) for Israelis by direct flight, this time to Morocco and the city of Marrakech. Two premiere flights will take off for the city in the southwest of the country and at the foot of the Atlas Mountains.
Israir
's first flight
took off at 08:15 with about a hundred passengers, one of them also company owner Rami Levy who flew with his wife and friends. After that,
El Al
will take off
at 11:20 in a solemn ceremony in which Tourism Minister Yoel Rezbozov inaugurated the line.
Arkia
will
also
join the Moroccan celebration on August 3, so there will be three Israeli competitors on the route that is expected to be in demand, and later this year the three will also be joined by
Royal Air Morocco
, which was scheduled to open earlier this year and postpone flights. El Al will fly to the city of Casablanca on August 10, after which Israir also intends to add the city to its list of destinations.
Flight time to Morocco is about five and a half to six hours.
Israir and El Al will operate the flights three times a week.
Flights to Morocco will be operated on an Israir aircraft on behalf of Israir, while on a Boeing 737 aircraft on behalf of El Al (although the Dreamliner, a Boeing 787) will be operated on the maiden flight.
Prices for round-trip flights: at Israir - $ 480.
At El Al - $ 499 (price includes trolley only at both companies).
Flights will land at Menara Airport in Marrakech, with the airport code being
RAK
.
In the field, located about six km southeast of Marrakesh itself, there are two terminals: Terminal 1 for landers, and Terminal 3 for takeoffs.
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"Sure there will be a popular line."
El Al's inaugural flight to Marrakesh (Photo: Walla !, Ziv Reinstein)
Minister of Tourism Rezbozov honored the launch of the El Al line (Photo: Walla !, Ziv Reinstein)
Minister of Tourism: "The line - an important anchor"
"This is an exciting day for flying and relations between Israel and Morocco," said Avigail whistling CEO to the Walla! Tourism. "This is an amazing destination for tourism resort in both directions and we are pleased to provide the service to everyone and sure to be a popular line."
Tourism Minister Joel Razvozov said, "We We continue to build infrastructure and create tourism anchors that will promote tourism to Israel for the day we defeat the corona.
"Israel-Morocco is undoubtedly an important and significant anchor. This airline will help promote tourism, trade and economic and political cooperation agreements between the two countries. All of these will enrich the state coffers and help our war on the cost of living."
A new destination in Africa for Israelis.
Israir crew prepares for maiden flight to Marrakech (Photo: Israir)
A decrease of about 80% in the number of tourists entering Morocco this year
With all the enthusiasm, it should be noted that Morocco has experienced an increase in morbidity in Corona in the last two months, with last Friday the country recorded an average of 1,911 new infections and 2,433 daily infections in the past week.
In November 2020, the peak of infections in the country was recorded - 6,195, but since then there has been a sharp decline, until June this year, as stated.
Morocco is currently considered by the Ministry of Health as a destination with a travel warning (Corona) due to its morbidity level.
However, the vaccinated passengers returning from it are not required in long-term isolation (for now), beyond isolation of up to 24 hours until the results of the PCR test at Ben Gurion Airport.
It should be noted that due to morbidity in the country, airports in Morocco recorded a 78.8 percent decrease in passenger traffic during the first half of 2021 (2,473,988 passengers), compared to the same period of 2019 (11,669,548 passengers), according to the country’s Airports Ministry (ONDA).
For example, the "Muhammad V" airport in Casablanca, where half of the country's international passengers pass through, recorded a 73.50 percent decrease between January and June this year than in the same period in 2019.
The decline in arrivals to Morocco pertains to many markets in the world, but especially the European one from which more than 72 per cent of tourists come to Morocco in the country, and it retreated by 84 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
Tourism Minister Yoel Rezbozov and El Al CEO Avigal Soreq mentor the new line (Photo: Walla !, Ziv Reinstein)
At the Ben Gurion Airport lounge, they launched the EL AL line in celebrations according to the Moroccan tradition (Photo: Walla !, Ziv Reinstein)
We brought Salam Aleichem.
Moroccan flag by Israir team, this morning (Photo: Israir)
Procedures for the entry of Israelis into Morocco
A health declaration must be completed before the flight at www.onda.ma/form.php.
Vaccinated passengers arriving in Morocco are exempt from performing a PCR test before take-off.
Unvaccinated passengers are required to present a corona test performed up to 72 hours before the flight, children up to the age of 11 are exempt from performing the test.
A visa is required for entry into Morocco.
An application for a visa can be submitted through a book of sources, for example: "Visa Center" at 5 Shalom Aleichem St. Phone 050-5555122, 03-7705660).
The cost of issuing a visa is $ 50.
The issuance of a visa takes about 10 business days from the date of submission of the application.
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