The first commercial flight of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) linking Casablanca and Tel Aviv, initially scheduled for December 12, has been postponed to a later date, due to pandemic-related worries.
The emergence of the new Omicron variant and the decision of the Israeli authorities to ban all foreign nationals from the territory is behind the cancellation.
Israel announced its decision to close its borders to all foreign nationals for two weeks, this Sunday, November 28.
As a result, the Israel-Morocco Economic Forum, for which a large Moroccan delegation of the CGEM was invited, was also postponed.
Nearly 70 businessmen from the CGEM will not be able to travel to Israel after the cancellation of this inaugural flight.
First found in South Africa, the rapid spread of the Omicron variant has prompted many countries to close their borders to sub-saharan African countries.
Israel confirmed one case of the variant in a traveler returning from Malawi.
Israel also imposes a PCR test on arrival and a three-day quarantine on its vaccinated nationals, while non-vaccinated Israelis have to quarantine for seven days. The country had just reopened its borders on November 1st.
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