Qatar Airways First Marrakech Flight Touches Down

Doha, July 03 (QNA) - Qatar Airways celebrated the addition of tourist favourite Marrakech to its global route map, with the airlines inaugural flight landing at Marrakech Menara Airport . The inaugural flight carried a Qatar Airways delegation and was greeted by the Marrakech Menara Airport General Manager Nawal Mounir; Moroccos Minister of tourism, Lahcen Haddad and the HE Qatari Counselor to Morocco Mansour Abdullah Al Sulaiteen. To celebrate the first flight, Qatar Airways hosted an Iftar for VIPs, officials, authorities, trade and media, at La Mamounia hotel in Marrakech. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: "Marrakech is one of Morocco's most popular cities for tourists, and it is our pleasure to offer this vibrant destination to our customers, while also opening up seamless connectivity to more than 150 cities around the world to those travelling from Morocco, through our hub at Hamad International Airport." Qatar Airways began its Morocco operations in 2002. Today, customers can fly daily on Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Casablanca from Doha. Additionally through a codeshare partnership with Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways offers customers the opportunity to seamlessly connect to destinations throughout Morocco, Spain, and north- and West Africa, with the additional benefit of enhanced frequent flyer benefits. Import and export businesses in Morocco will also benefit from the new service which provides up to 33 tonnes of belly-hold cargo capacity a week. (QNA)