International routes accounted for the bulk of traffic, carrying 23,228,711 passengers, up 8.82%. Domestic flights also continued to grow, recording 2,812,216 passengers, an increase of 8.76%.
Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport remained the country’s busiest, handling 8,252,410 passengers. Marrakech Menara Airport followed with 7,235,705, ahead of Agadir Al Massira, which recorded around 2,498,637. Tangier Ibn Battouta and Rabat-Salé airports rounded out the leading hubs.
The figures, covering commercial air traffic through the end of August, reflect sustained demand from European markets, which remained the main source of passenger traffic. Routes linking Morocco with Europe carried 19,268,771 passengers, up approximately 9.22%.
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Air connectivity with South America recorded an even sharper increase, rising by more than 33%. Passenger traffic from North America and Africa also grew significantly, by nearly 13% in each case, while traffic with the Maghreb countries increased by around 9.36%.
Traffic to and from the Middle East and Far East moved in the opposite direction, declining by 2.43% to 1,458,926 passengers.
Aircraft movements also increased. Moroccan airports recorded 190,342 movements through the end of August, up approximately 9.72%. Casablanca accounted for the largest share, with more than 64,000 movements, followed by Marrakech and Agadir.
Air freight activity expanded as well, with airports handling 74,714 metric tons of cargo, a year-on-year increase of 13.82%.
August alone saw more than 3.757 million passengers pass through airports across the country, rounding out eight months of growth in Morocco’s air transport sector.
