Heba Press/. Rabat
The National Airports Office indicated that Moroccan airports set a new record, welcoming 21,410,804 passengers at the end of August 2024, an increase of 18.6% compared to the same period last year.
A report from the office explains that this growth concerns most airports, notably Rabat-Salé airport (plus 42.04%), Dakhla (plus 35.37%), Marrakech (plus 30.62%) and Agadir (plus plus 35.3%). Tangier (plus 20.71 percent) and Tetouan (plus 29.15 percent).
The same source adds that domestic air traffic recorded 2,230,104 passengers until the end of August this year, an increase of 26.82% compared to the same period of 2023.
For its part, international air traffic recorded an increase of 17.71% compared to August 2023, representing the reception of 19,180,700 passengers. This development is attributed to the good performance of the markets of Europe (up 18.71 percent), Africa (up 17.41 percent) and the Middle East and Far East (up 11.88 percent). hundred).
The National Airports Authority also recorded 158,429 aircraft movements at the end of last August, an increase of 15.08 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
