Canada suspends direct flights from Morocco for one month

Canadian authorities suspended all direct flights from Morocco for one month, starting August 29 to September 29, 2021.

This decision comes as a result of the rise of positive cases in the country as well as forged COVID-19 related documents.

Like any related element of Canada’s COVID-19 response, border measures are based on available data, scientific evidence, and monitoring of the epidemiological situation both in Canada and internationally. An increase in COVID-19 positive test results was noticed in travelers arriving in Canada from Morocco over the past month, according to Canada’s website.

The Canadian Department of Transport explains “based on the most recent public health notice from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Transport Canada is publishing a notice to airmen (NOTAM) aimed at restricting all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada from Morocco starting August 29, 2021, at 12 am (EDT) until September 29, 2021, at 12 am (EDT).”

“All direct flights for commercial and private travelers to Canada from Morocco are suspended, with the exception of cargo transport operations only, medical transport operations, and military flights,” according to the Canadian Ministry of Transport’s statement.

“To ensure aviation safety and to mitigate operational disruptions, flights from Morocco that are already in transit at the time of the publication of the NOTAM will be allowed to enter Canada. As an interim measure, until the NOTAM comes into effect, all travelers arriving on those flights will be required to take a PCR test upon their arrival to Canada.”