Royal Air Maroc to tender for 200 planes by end of 2023
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will launch a tender by the end of the year to purchase 200 airplanes to be delivered within 10 years to meet rising demand from tourists ahead of the 2030 World Cup, RAM chief executive officer Abdelhamid Addou said on Monday.
RAM seeks to buy mostly medium haul planes to bolster its competitiveness in a growing African market, Addou told Reuters.
The tender is part of RAM’s plan to quadruple its fleet from 50 aircrafts within a decade, prior to Morocco co-hosting the 2030 World Cup together with Spain and Portugal.
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“What we have already prepared for 2030 will put us in a very good position to host this World Cup,” Addou said on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
RAM, one of the largest airlines in Africa, already connects some 50 African airports.
RAM has also said its expansion is conducive to Morocco’s aims to attract 17.5 million tourists by 2026, up from 11 million last year. In 2019 Morocco had 13 million visitors.
Plans to privatize or list RAM in Casablanca stock exchange are “not for the moment… Let’s first start by developing the airline and making it much stronger,” Addou said.
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