Etihad Cargo and Royal Air Maroc
Cargo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see the
two airlines cooperate in a number of areas including network development,
freighter deployment and increasing traffic on several trade lanes over the
next nine months.
The
MOU was signed at Royal Air Maroc’s headquarters in Casablanca by David Kerr, Senior Vice President,
Etihad Cargo, and Amine El Farissi,
Vice President Cargo, Royal Air Maroc. Abdelhamid
Addou, Chief Executive Officer of the Moroccan national airline, also
attended the signing ceremony.
Kerr
said, “This
new MOU reinforces Etihad Cargo’s commitment to our customers by providing more
capacity and greater frequency to destinations around the world. Together with
Royal Air Maroc, we have been working for the past year to deliver improved
services for shippers to the US, Canada, Brazil and West Africa.
“This
MOU is a testament to the success of our partnership, both commercially for our
respective airlines, and for our customers who have benefitted from enhanced
connections.”
El
Farissi said, “We
are very pleased to strengthen our existing partnership with Etihad Cargo
through this agreement. The signature of this MOU is a milestone for our
long-term cooperation.
“Thanks
to the geographic and commercial synergies which will result from this
game-changing partnership, we will take our performance to the next level,
mainly in the African and the American markets. Royal Air Maroc Cargo will also
benefit from Etihad Cargo’s operational and technological know-how.”
The
airlines will spend the next nine months growing traffic through joint network
development, including freighter deployment, and identifying further areas of
cooperation.
Royal
Air Maroc Cargo operates one Boeing 737 freighter, which will be complemented
by Etihad Cargo’s freighter fleet of 10 aircraft – five Boeing 777Fs and five
Airbus A330Fs – as well as belly hold capacity on a combined fleet of more than
150 passenger aircraft from both airlines. (Authority)
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