Today, February 15, an Air Arabia flight bringing 99 Moroccan students from Ukraine arrived at Tangier’s Ibn Battuta airport.

Moroccans will also be repatriated from Ukraine through two flights operated by Royal Air Maroc.

Morocco has also set up two phone numbers for students and citizens in Ukraine to contact the Moroccan embassy.

According to reliable sources to Morocco Telegraph about the matter, the embassy had received around 4,000 phone calls as of February 14.

Around 250 calls were made using the two phone lines supplied by the embassy in its Saturday announcement.

Many Moroccan students have expressed concerns about being caught in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, urging that their colleges switch to remote study. “These concerns are taken seriously by us, and they have been discussed.” However, the pupils’ safety comes paramount for the time being, according to the sources.

According to reports, Russia has begun to remove troops from Ukraine’s borders, indicating that the situation is largely stable.

The Russian Defense Ministry indicated today, according to The Guardian, that it will remove part of its troops from the Ukrainian border in a “potential de-escalation” action. “The scale of the pullout is uncertain,” the Guardian wrote, “and it may only involve a proportion of Russia’s forces on the Ukrainian border, which western sources estimate to be more than 60% of the country’s ground forces.”

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Based on the applicable regulations for the management of a state of health emergency and the recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Committee, and taking into account developments in the epidemiological situation in Morocco, the government has decided to reopen air space for flights to and from the Kingdom of Morocco as of February 7.

A technical committee is now analyzing the procedures and steps to be implemented at the level of border posts, as well as the conditions to be given by passengers, according to a government statement issued today, Thursday.

While affirming its request to citizens to continue to fully comply with all precautionary measures and to abide by all directives issued by public authorities in this regard, the Government also calls for the prompt receipt of vaccination doses and the completion of the vaccination course, including the addition of the third dose, as for “national solidarity” in the face of the pandemic fight.

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Recent reports have stated that Moroccan authorities are preparing to reopen Moroccan airspace and re-implement air traffic within the next few days; a number of flights have been scheduled starting from mid-May.

The same source indicated that new flights have been scheduled by the Royal Air Maroc (RAM), after weeks of suspending flights to France and Spain with the aim of stopping the spread of the new Covid-19 strain. Other prohibited destinations include: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

It is worth noting that a program was set into place to gradually reopen airspace, as RAM planes are expected to rejoin skies. Meanwhile, it remains unknown whether the Indian double mutant Covid-19 variant will have an impact on air traffic.

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The suspension of back-and-forth flights concerns Austria, Portugal, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Turkey. These countries will be added to South Africa, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and Ireland which were included in an earlier suspension announcement.

The Embassy of Switzerland said yesterday evening that Morocco has decided to temporarily suspend all flights to the country, adding that this decision will be evaluated every 15 days.

For its part, the Embassy of Turkey in Morocco announced that within “the precautionary measures to fight the Corona epidemic and in accordance with the standards set by the Ministry of Health, the government of the Kingdom of Morocco decided to suspend the entry of travelers and trips coming from Turkey, along with some other European countries, starting from February 22nd, at 24.00 for 15 days.”

As for the Embassy of Germany, it announced via a post on Facebook the suspension of flights between Germany and Morocco, adding that “people who have previously resided in Germany and regardless of their citizenship are no longer allowed to enter Morocco. This means that it is no longer possible to enter Morocco with transit flights or via third countries.” It also stated that there is still a possibility to leave Morocco via third countries, if there is a flight offer, noting that this suspension will last until March 21st, but should however be checked every 14 days.

The suspension of these trips comes after the Consortium of Laboratories in charge of genomic watch and monitoring of the new variants of the virus in Morocco announced, on Saturday, February 20th, that 21 new strains of the UK variant (B.1.1.7) had been detected, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health.

The ministry said that they have detected 24 strains so far, noting that the Genomic Monitoring Service has not yet discovered any type of South African or Brazilian variants of Covid-19 in Morocco.

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Following the confirmation of the new Covid-19 Variant infection in Tangier Port, Moroccan authorities have decided to ban travel to Morocco starting from January 19^th, 2021 until further notice.

The ban concerns flights and travelers coming from Australia, Brazil, Ireland and New Zealand.

The above-mentioned countries join previously concerned countries, South Africa, Denmark, and the UK.

This comes as part of the new measure taken by Morocco to prevent, detect and restrict new Covid-19 Variant infections.

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Rabat – RAM has announced that it has added 4 new routes to its international flight program to and from Tangiers starting from the 11th of December, connecting to the following major European cities: Madrid, Brussels, Barcelona and Malaga.

Per today’s report, the 26th of November 2020, the National Airlines stated that “in fulfillment of its obligations as the leading national air carrier, and as an essential actor to promote Moroccan tourism and to strengthen the ties of Moroccans of the world with their home country, it will develop its international flight program to and from Tangier with the addition of four new routes, as follows:

Tangier-Malaga: Five flights per week (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

Tangier-Madrid: Four flights per week (Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday)

Tangier-Barcelona: Four flights per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday)

Tangier-Brussels: Four flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday)

Royal Air Maroc indicated that “this program is gradually developing, as the company is working further in order to upgrade and adapt it according to the demand,” reminding its customers that tickets are on sale on the National Company’s website: http://www.royalairmaroc.com, through phone, commercial agencies and the travel agencies’ network.

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