2024-05-31 04:15:08
Morocco, via the brand new improvement mannequin offered to His Majesty the King, has made the strategic option to strengthen its competitiveness to advertise its financial transition and consolidate its positioning as a lovely regional hub for investments, underlined the minister, who spoke at a gathering of the thematic group liable for getting ready the annual session for the analysis of public insurance policies within the tourism sector.
As a part of this evolving dynamic, he specified, the transport and logistics sector will see, within the medium time period, the belief of a major public funding program aimed toward growing a public transport system of extra international and extra sustainable passenger transport, and which meets the wants of mobility at nationwide and worldwide ranges, in full security and with acceptable high quality.
Mr. Abdeljalil additionally recalled the signing in 2023 of a framework partnership settlement for the implementation of the strategic roadmap for the tourism sector for the interval 2023-2026, for a finances of 6.1 billion dirhams, and which goals to draw round 17.5 million vacationers by 2026.
To realize the targets of this roadmap, added the minister, one of many basic levers adopted consists of putting in a plan to extend air transport capability, each on the degree of nationwide airports and on the degree of air connectivity between Morocco and the remainder of the world, making it recognized that authorities coverage on air transport revolves across the liberalization of the air transport market, the strengthening of home air transport as a lever for opening up and selling tourism. , in addition to the event of the Casablanca hub and the assist of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) in its strategic program.
On this regard, the minister recalled the signing, on July 11, 2023, of this system contract (2023-2037) between the federal government and RAM. This program supplies for the rise within the State’s contribution to the corporate’s capital and the implementation of a serious funding program which goals to quadruple its air fleet, to extend it from 50 plane at the moment to 200 within the subsequent 15 years, carrying greater than 32 million passengers per 12 months, to greater than 100 further new worldwide locations all over the world, he stated.
In line with the minister, this enlargement plan goals to strengthen the prevailing community from which Royal Air Maroc advantages due to its membership within the “One World” airline alliance, noting that the corporate’s worldwide route community will thus embrace greater than 160 traces. direct, related to the “One World” community, which incorporates greater than 900 airports in additional than 170 nations and territories all over the world.
Mr. Abdeljalil highlighted the brand new technique of the nationwide airline which supplies, on the similar time, a whole evaluation of the community of home routes, taking into consideration the significance of the event of native territories, that are on the coronary heart of RAM’s issues. , in accordance with the nation’s strategic orientations.
Along with the principle community whose axis is Casablanca, he added, an inner community challenge can be developed with a view to instantly linking different cities collectively for a fluid connection between areas, noting that air bases can be created in six cities, whereas the community can have 46 traces and 173 flights, with codecs tailored to the brief and medium time period.
Likewise, the federal government official recalled that through the 12 months 2023, a research was launched to develop the infrastructure of Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, in accordance with worldwide requirements with a view to selling its rising function as a mega- air hub in Africa, able to elevating it to the rank of the highest 100 airports on this planet.
On the similar time, the Nationwide Airports Workplace (ONDA) will proceed to hold out a variety of “Fast Wins” enhancements within the airports of Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier, via a collection of sensible measures aimed toward to strengthen the capability of those amenities, enhance the fluidity of passenger flows and the standard of companies offered to them, he added.
Along with the development of a brand new terminal at Rabat-Salé airport, able to accommodating 4 million passengers, the development of a brand new passenger terminal at Tetouan-Saniat R’mel airport, and the improve of Al Hoceima airport, the minister indicated that ONDA will launch, between 2024 and 2030, a number of tasks to develop nationwide airports and enhance their capability, for a complete value of 5 billion dirhams, protecting specifically these of Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier.
Mr. Abdeljalil additionally mentioned the event tasks of the nationwide rail system, which can be carried out between 2024 and 2030, together with the extension of the high-speed line (LGV) community to Marrakech and the event of a brand new city and regional rail transport service (RER) within the areas of Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Marrakech-Benguerir.
These traces ought to contribute successfully to the group of mobility in these areas and enhance the effectivity of the general public passenger transport system, indicated the federal government official, specifying that the Nationwide Railway Workplace (ONCF) will make investments 16 billion of dirhams for the acquisition of 168 trains, together with 150 to offer intercity companies, quick shuttles and enormous metropolis trains, in addition to 18 for the extension of the LGV.
The ONCF can even proceed to hold out the operations deliberate in its program aimed toward securing the railways, which incorporates the removing of degree crossings and their alternative with engineering constructions and the equipping of others with sound alert gadgets. , automated obstacles and site visitors lights, in addition to the development of roadside fencing and pedestrian bridges.
2024-05-31 04:15:08