Our Scans · Casablanca · Weekly Summary

• The planned new terminal in Casablanca is part of a broader national push under the Airports 2030 strategy, centered on three pillars: infrastructure development, reimagined passenger experience, and structural modernization. AirlineGeeks.com
• Major projects are underway in cities like Dakhla, Casablanca, Nador, and Tiznit, where new desalination plants will serve both urban populations and key agricultural zones. Hespress English
• MOROCCO Morocco's Airport Authority is advancing plans for a new passenger terminal at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, targeting completion by 2029. ACI World
• Mobile cafes are multiplying on the streets of Casablanca, bringing new economic opportunities for many Moroccans. Africanews
• Two US companies, Kansas Modification Center and Integrated Aerospace Alliance, are building a facility in Casablanca that will convert Boeing 777 passenger jets into freighters. AGBI
• Riester indicated that the AFD, via its subsidiary Proparco, could help finance a project involving a high-voltage power line between Dakhla, Western Sahara's capital, and the Moroccan capital, Casablanca. MarketScreener
• In addition to the new year-round routes, Air Canada Cargo will benefit from increased frequencies on routes out of either Toronto or Montreal to Barcelona, Casablanca, Paris, Lisbon, Athens, Rome and Edinburgh. MarketScreener
• Sumitomo will expand its electric harness plant in Casablanca with a $15 million investment, while Lear will set up a plant for electric cables in Meknes with a total investment of $20.6 million and a new terminals and connectors plant in Tangier for $28 million. openpr
• Casablanca will complete two new tram lines by first quarter of 2024, together with two rapid bus transit routes. International Trade Administration | Trade.gov
• Air Cote d'Ivoire plans to operate four weekly flights between Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny and Casablanca-Mohammed V airports using Airbus A319 aircraft, which can accommodate 12 passengers in business class and 96 in economy. Airspace Africa
• United Arabs Emirates carrier Emirates has announced it will re-introduce its higher capacity flagship aircraft, the Airbus A380, to Morroco's capital, Casablanca, from Dubai starting in April. Quartz
• IFC's loan will be used to develop and construct several projects, including: a material recovery facility and plastics recycling facility near Muscat, Oman; a mechanical plastics recycling plant in South Africa; and mechanical plastics recycling plants in Tangier, Morocco, and Casablanca, Morocco. International Finance Corporation
• The enhancement of capacity between Casablanca and Dubai will offer leisure and business travellers more opportunities to connect to Dubai and beyond to cities across the Middle East and GCC, Europe, the Americas and West Asia. Breaking Travel News
• By deploying the largest commercial aircraft ever built to Morocco, Emirates will significantly enhance seat capacity to the city of Casablanca. Simple Flying
• Between 2020 and 2030, Africa's seven largest coastal cities-Lagos, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, Abidjan, Cape Town, and Casablanca - are projected to grow by 40%. Africa Center for Strategic Studies
• Royal Air Maroc currently operates three weekly frequencies to Accra in Ghana from Casablanca and will add three flights through its codeshare with Kenya Airways to Nairobi in Kenya, linking Accra to Johannesburg in South Africa and Zanzibar in Tanzania. Routes
• The most important one - to supply Morocco's biggest city Casablanca - is due to start construction in 2023 and come on stream in 2026. Reuters
• New shipping lines that could boost trade in hydrocarbons are planned, like that of Wazzan II in Morocco, which links the ports of Tangiers, Casablanca, Monrovia, Abidjan, Tema, Takoradi and Cotonou. OECD iLibrary
• The Spanish airline will launch three new routes to Morocco in North Africa, starting flights from Malaga to Casablanca, and from Alicante and Palma to Nador. Routes
• The project, which will be situated in the Casablanca region of Morocco, will employ reverse osmosis technology to supply water for irrigation on about 5,000 hectares of land and have a capacity of 548,000 m3 per day, expandable to 822,000 m3. expogr.com
• The U.S. Department of State has assessed Casablanca and Rabat as being MEDIUM - threat locations for political violence directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests. OSAC
• The U.S. Department of State has assessed Casablanca and Rabat as being MEDIUM - threat locations for terrorism directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests. OSAC
• The last of the wretched slums in Casablanca will give way to new housing, along with the completion of grand Haussmanisation schemes, originally devised to clean out warrens of subversion. London Review of Books

Last updated: 25 June 2025