The Irish airline Ryanair launched its new air service between Madrid and Dakhla on Wednesday, with two weekly flights (Wednesday and Saturday). The inaugural flight of this new air service landed at Dakhla airport with Moroccans from around the world and foreign tourists on board, thus strengthening air links between Morocco and Spain, within the framework of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT) and the airline Ryanair. On this occasion, a ceremony was organized, in the presence of several local officials and players in the tourism sector. Thus, Ryanair becomes the fourth ONMT partner to open a direct international service to Dakhla, after Royal Air Maroc (RAM), Binter Canarias and Transavia. Read also: ONMT/Ryanair: Launch of two direct airlines linking Dakhla to Madrid and Lanzarote In a statement to the press, the president of the Oued Eddahab Provincial Tourism Council, Othmane Aâmar, indicated that the launch of this new service will make it possible to strengthen air connectivity to the city of Dakhla, which is experiencing remarkable development in the tourism sector. For his part, the president of the Regional Tourism Council, Ahmed Abdellaoui, stressed that the launch of this airline linking Dakhla to Madrid will highlight the region’s tourism potential and attract significant foreign investment. For their part, many MRE expressed their joy at being able to visit Dakhla thanks to the inauguration of this new airline, highlighting the quality of the welcome and the tireless efforts made at Dakhla airport in terms of comfort and fluidity. In addition to this air connection, another flight linking Dakhla to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands will also be launched during the current month, with two frequencies per week. These new airlines will double the airport’s current international capacity, bringing the offer to nearly 47,000 seats. They will also make Spain the leading source market to Dakhla, ahead of France. Note that air transport, a pillar of the 2023-2026 Tourism Roadmap and the resulting ONMT action plan “Light in Action”, is being further strengthened in favor of better influence of Moroccan tourist destinations.
