Morocco Savvy

Flying Paris to Marrakech is good for its profile, but Aigle Azur makes more money on flights to other parts of Morocco.

“Marrakech is a showcase for us,” Aigle Azur’s boss, Méziane Idjerouidène, tells French trade magazine TourMag this week. “The flights from Paris aren’t making us a lot of money.”

Competition on the route, the magazine says, is “ferocious”. Other low-cost airlines that fly between Paris and Marrakech include Atlas Blue, Jet4You, Corsair and Axis Airways.

Flights in and out of Casablanca are much more profitable, Idjerouidène says, as are seasonal routes into Fes and Tangier. Much of Aigle Azur’s business is coming from Moroccan immigrants who live in France but return home regularly to visit family.

Aigle Azur is adding Paris Orly to Rabat from the end of this month. The airline also flies from Paris to Agadir and Oujda.