Morocco's National Airports Office (ONDA) has inaugurated a new automated center dedicated to handling transit baggage at Casablanca's Mohammed V Airport. Dubbed the «Fast Baggage Center by ONDA», the 15,200 m² facility is housed in a fully redesigned logistics hangar and aims to absorb growing transit flows, support Royal Air Maroc's expansion, and prepare Casablanca to become a global transit hub by 2030, ONDA said in a press release on Tuesday. The center features cutting-edge technology designed to double sorting capacity and streamline transit connections. It can now process up to 6,000 bags per hour with an average handling time of just 5 minutes, what ONDA describes as a «major qualitative leap in operational efficiency». At the core of the system are two interconnected automated sorters that handle short- and long-haul transit luggage separately. The center also includes next-generation scanners and explosive detection systems that meet international standards. Thanks to centralized sorting, smart indexing stations, oversized baggage control, and an integrated monitoring system, the facility ensures secure baggage transit while cutting energy consumption by 15%. This technological leap will directly boost Royal Air Maroc's large-scale transfer operations, especially to and from Africa. ONDA sees it as part of a broader transformation aimed at making Casablanca a global transit hub capable of handling growing traffic with «rigor, fluidity, and reliability». The centralized setup is also expected to ease congestion in the airport's traditional baggage circuit, improving arrival wait times for all passengers. While the Fast Baggage Center is now fully operational, ONDA notes that «a few weeks of adjustment will be needed to optimize its operation and fully measure its impact on passengers». «With this major development just months ahead of Afcon 2025», ONDA says, «we're showing our ability to anticipate needs, invest where logistics performance matters, and carry national ambition through every part of the passenger journey».
