HIBAPRESS reported that the Kingdom's airports received a total of 26,040,927 passengers during the first eight months of 2026, an increase of 8.81 percent compared to the same period in 2025.
The office, in its statistics related to commercial air transport movement for August 2026, explained that this total is divided between international air transport movement, which recorded an increase of 8.82 percent (23,228,711 passengers), and domestic air transport movement, which rose by 8.76 percent (2,812,216 passengers).
The same source added that Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca received 8,252,410 passengers, followed by Marrakech-Menara Airport (7,235,705 passengers), Agadir-Al Massira Airport (2,498,637 passengers), Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (2,058,606 passengers), and Rabat-Salé Airport (1,695,890 passengers).
International air transport movement recorded positive performance, driven in particular by the good performance of the European market, which continues to represent the main source of passengers, with 19,268,771 passengers (a 9.22 percent increase year-on-year).
The markets of South America, North America, and Africa also achieved strong performance, with an increase of 33.53 percent to 71,684 passengers, 13.08 percent to 689,808 passengers, and 13.31 percent to 1,391,786 passengers, respectively. Maghreb countries' transport movement also increased by 9.36 percent to reach 347,736 passengers.
In contrast, air transport movement with the Middle East and the Far East decreased by 2.43 percent, reaching 1,458,926 passengers.
On another note, Moroccan airports recorded 190,342 aircraft movements by the end of August 2026, an increase of 9.72 percent year-on-year. Mohammed V Airport led this activity with 64,589 movements, followed by Marrakech-Menara Airport (47,291 movements) and Agadir-Al Massira Airport (17,073 movements).
Air cargo, for its part, reached 74,714.46 tons during the first eight months of the year, registering a growth of 13.82 percent compared to the same period in 2025.
During August 2026 alone, the Kingdom's airports received 3,757,512 passengers.
