British Airways and Royal Air Maroc announced a new codeshare agreement, giving passengers more flight flexibility between London (LHR) and Marrakesh (MRK). The agreement opens up new routes to destinations across Morocco, including Casablanca (CMN) and Agadir (AGA). Flights made possible via the agreement are now available for booking.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Morocco’s flagship airline, Royal Air Maroc to create our first African codeshare agreement,” said Chris Fordyce, head of alliances, British Airways. “Not only will this codeshare agreement give our customers the choice of more flights to Africa’s biggest tourist destination, Morocco, it will connect our extensive global network to new destinations in Africa.”

“This new codeshare with a prestigious company, British Airways, confirms Royal Air Maroc’s major role as a key player connecting Africa to the rest of the world. We are very pleased with this cooperation which will foster our traffic development and ease the access to both our companies’ networks on both ends. Thanks to this code-sharing agreement, Royal Air Maroc offers its passengers access to additional destinations across Great Britain and a better customer journey, through optimized connections and end-to-end check-in operations, with international assistance at airports served by the two companies,” added Hamid Addou, CEO, Royal Air Maroc.