RAM, Israeli El Al sign code-sharing agreement

Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and Israeli carrier El Al Israel Airlines on Monday signed in Tel Aviv a code-share agreement.

The agreement was signed during a ceremony held on the sidelines of Royal Air Morocco’s inaugural flight between Casablanca and Tel Aviv and chaired by RAM CEO Hamid Addou and El Al CEO Avigal Soreq, said a joint statement of the two companies.

The code-sharing, effective today, will include, in a first step, direct flights operated by two companies between Morocco and Israel, the statement added.

El Al plans regular flights connecting Tel Aviv and Marrakech at a rate of three cycles per week, while RAM has opened its new direct flight route from Casablanca to Tel Aviv for the first time at four frequencies, before moving to five flights a week.

This agreement will offer customers of both companies additional options based on schedules and the connection between Marrakech, Casablanca, and Tel-Aviv, and will connect both companies’ networks with more fluid connections through two-end passenger and package check-in.

“We are pleased to conclude this important partnership with El Al, which will contribute to strengthen our traffic and enable us to provide additional connectivity to our passengers as well as optimal connections,” said Hamid Addou.

For his part, Soreq said he was delighted with this partnership concluded between the two flag carriers of the two countries in the sector of air transport, noting that this collaboration “is a great achievement carried out in a relatively short time since the conclusion of the Abraham Accords which made it possible to establish official relations”.

“For Israelis, this partnership will provide them with an additional and diversified travel offer to destinations in Morocco and Africa. Israelis appreciate the tourist destination of Morocco and we are convinced that Moroccans will also be seduced by Israel as an attractive tourist destination,” Soreq added.