Hamid ADDOU, Chairman and CEO of Royal Air Maroc, and Mr. Alioune Badara FALL, CEO of Air Sénégal signed, today at the headquarters of the national company in Casablanca, a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) initiating a strategic partnership between the two air carriers.
This partnership should consolidate cooperation between the two parties in the long term and will help to stimulate economic, social and cultural exchanges between the two brotherly countries. This collaboration will benefit both companies but above all their passengers through the increase in connection possibilities and the diversification of choices in terms of timetables and days of service.
The MoU also provides for a strengthening of commercial cooperation between the two partners through a “Codeshare” agreement, which will allow passengers to purchase their transport tickets from the sales network of one or the other of the two companies. and to travel indifferently on the fleet of Royal Air Maroc and Air Sénégal. Other areas of cooperation will also be made possible in terms of aircraft maintenance and chartering and handling. The two companies will also be able to increase their synergies in terms of human capital, technical and managerial training, and organization. Finally, the two parties will be able to pool their actions in the areas of communication and digitalization of services.
“This partnership is perfectly in line with the excellent relations between our two countries and we expressed, during numerous preparatory meetings, our firm desire to build a strategic and lasting partnership with Air Sénégal,” indicated Mr. Hamid ADDOU, CEO of Royal Air Maroc.
For his part, Mr. Alioune Badara FALL, General Director of Air Sénégal believes that “Royal Air Maroc and Air Sénégal are today realizing the desire of the highest authorities of our respective countries to develop this air bridge, both in terms of transport passengers than cargo. This South-South agreement commits us to respecting international standards for the common good of our future Royal Air Maroc /Air Sénégal passengers.
The two companies will mobilize multidisciplinary teams to continue the commercial and technical deployment of this partnership and guarantee its completion within the agreed deadlines. Royal Air Maroc is thus continuing its efforts to strengthen its reference position on the African continent, as part of the Kingdom’s South-South cooperation strategy. It thus consolidates African leadership which constitutes the basis of its deployment as a global transcontinental company.