Morocco's airports received 638,806 passengers in January 2021, i.e. a 68% decline year-over-year, according to the National Airports Office (ONDA).
Casablanca's Mohammed V airport received more than 47% of the total passenger traffic, i.e.305.891 passengers (-64.09%), followed by Marrakech-Menara (68,346 passengers, -86.61%) and Agadir Massira (34,530 passengers, -78.65%), the same source added.
During the same month, domestic traffic decreased by 49.19% with 124,647 passengers, while international air traffic decreased by 71.04% and represented 80% of total traffic with 514,159 passengers.
This downward trend has affected all markets, particularly Europe which accounts for approximately 70% of international air traffic and which posted a 69.91% decrease.
According to ONDA, there was a 58.07% decline in aircraft movements which totaled 7,392 movements in January 2021.
Air freight recorded a decline of 35.62% and thus reached 5,213.03 tonnes in January 2021 against 8,097.45 tonnes a year before.
