Monday, September 24, 2012
Fes Airport Expansion Project
Morocco’s Office of National Airports has completed 60% of a
planned expansion of the Fez, Morocco Airport.
This expansion will see the passenger terminal increase its current
capacity of 500,000 passengers per year to the level of three million passengers.
This new 26,000m2 passenger terminal will be working at full capacity in
2014. This expansion will also increase
the number of boarding gates as the current two are not enough. This expansion
is part of a grander plan to increase infrastructure to accommodate planned
increases in tourism. As you can see
below, the number of passengers arriving in Fez, Morocco has been significantly
increase in recent years justifying a need for this additional terminal.
Passenger arrival has been on a constant increase over the
last three reporting periods.
Year 2007 333,929
passengers
Year 2008 409,260
passengers
Year 2010 743,018
passengers
This new terminal capacity will be an enticement for other
airlines to schedule direct flights to Fez Morocco. This strategy fits well with the Moroccan
government objective to increase tourism.
Morocco is targeting to have infrastructure in place to accommodate 20
million tourists by 2020. With the
addition of this additional terminal, Fez Morocco is building for a strong
future of increased tourism.
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