Over 140.000 passengers used domestic flights past March, ONDA

Casablanca - Some 140,375 passengers used domestic flights in March 2009 on a total of 1,079,512 travellers who transited through Moroccan airports in the same period, the Moroccan office of airports (ONDA) said Tuesday.

Figures of the state-run office revealed that the Casablanca Mohammed V international airport topped the list with 67,689 passengers.

Agadir-Al Massira airport, on the Atlantic, ranked second with 27.250 passengers, followed by Marrakech-Menara, which received 15,232 travellers.

These were followed mainly by the airports of Ouarzazate (south), Oujda-Angad (east), Laâyoune-Hassan 1st (south) and Fès-Saiss, ONDA said.

Morocco is due to create an airline company specialize in domestic flights. "Royal Air Maroc Express", a subsidiary of Morocco's flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), will be launched in the summer, and will operate with a fleet of eight aircrafts across.