The airline Royal Air Maroc is setting up special repatriation flights to France following the closure of the Kingdom’s borders to international flights to fight against the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
[Mis à jour le 7 décembre 2021 à 11h05] Due to the increase in cases of contamination of Covid-19 in France and throughout Europe, Morocco has decided to close its borders after having first announced the suspension of all flights to and from France. Maritime connections are also suspended. Royal Air airline Morocco, which has already started repatriation flights to Belgium, Canada, Spain, France and Italy, has announced the establishment of additional special flights to several French airports from December 11 to 13.
Royal Air Maroc recalled in a press release that all these flights are “subject to special authorization”. Any traveler to France must “be provided with the negative result of the PCR or antigen test carried out less than 48 hours before the departure of the flight. A sworn declaration is also compulsory certifying that the traveler accepts to be tested on his arrival at the airport. These measures are applicable to persons aged 12 or over and supplement the current conditions of access in France “.
UPDATE – SPECIAL FLIGHTS
We inform our Customers that special flights (subject to special authorization) from Morocco to France are scheduled from December 11 to 13, 2021.
More information: https://t.co/wdqI5xusFf– Royal Air Maroc (@RAM_Maroc) December 6, 2021
After months of a state of emergency and a stop to tourism in order to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco reopened its air borders in mid-June 2021. However, the Kingdom took the decision to suspend the all flights from and to France from November 28, 2021 and for an indefinite period following the outbreak of Covid-19 cases in France.
Unvaccinated French (and other foreigners) passing through Morocco must carry out a 10-day controlled quarantine, at their expense, in one of the structures previously designated by the Moroccan authorities, with a control PCR test on the 9th day.
The Moroccan government announced in mid-November the lifting of the national curfew in force for more than a year because of “the improvement of the epidemiological situation” in the kingdom. This decision follows “the positive results achieved within the framework of the national vaccination campaign”, explains the government in a press release.
Restaurants, cinemas and theaters, as well as public swimming pools, have again reopened in Morocco. Wearing a compulsory mask remains compulsory and police checks have been stepped up in recent weeks in various cities across the country.
All the beaches in Morocco are officially authorized to access, while respecting physical distancing.
Flights will be operated in both directions (France-Morocco and Morocco-France) since the reopening of Morocco’s borders on June 15 by French and Moroccan airlines which should be contacted for all reservations and information. It is therefore no longer necessary to go through the French consulates to travel by plane.