Morocco's national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and British Airways have signed a code-share agreement, connecting Casablanca and Agadir to London. In a press release sent, Friday, to Yabiladi, RAM said that the agreement to come into force on February 20. British Airways' first African codeshare will give its customers more choice of services between Heathrow and Marrakesh. As well as daily access to Royal Air Maroc's hub in Casablanca, which is not currently served directly by British Airways. «We are delighted to be partnering with Morocco's flagship airline, Royal Air Maroc to create our first African codeshare agreement. 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», said Chris Fordyce, head of British Airways Alliances. For his part, the chairman and managing director of Royal Air Maroc, Hamid Addou said that this new code-share agreement «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».
