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Mohamed V Airport
Airport Directory » Morocco » Casablanca » Mohamed V AirportMohammed V International Airport (IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN) (French: Aéroport international Mohammed V; (Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي; transcribed: Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly) is an airport functioned by ONDA (National Airports Office). Located in Nouasseur, a suburban area 30 kilometre south east of Casablanca, it is the busiest airport in Morocco with over 6.2 million riders passing through the airport in 2008. It was named after the late Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco.
The airport is the hub of Morocco's flag bearer Royal Air Maroc, Jet4you, Air Arabia Maroc and Regional Air Lines. The airport was named after King Mohammed V of Morocco and is twinned with the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Yaser Arafat International Airport.
History
Origins
The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was the location of a former USAF Air ground known as Nouasseur Air Base. Even currently, most locals still name to the airport just as "Nouasseur", this come up from the name of the suburban area where it is turn up.
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command as a major transshipment hub for load, transiting aircraft and force. It operated as a way station en-route to Port Lyautey Airfield or to Marrakech Airport on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport path. In addition, voyages were winged across the Atlantic to the Azores on the Mid-Atlantic path which link up to Nova Scotia or East Coast United States fields.
During the early and center 1950s, the air ground was the United States Air Force's level area for bombers pointed at the Soviet Union. In the early 1950s storage locations for USAF nuclear weapon system were turn up in French Morocco at Nouasseur, Sidi Slimane, and Ben Guerir. It was for a clip a districting location for the Space Shuttle. These functioning subsequently travel to Ben Guerir Air Base. With the destabilisation of French authority in Morocco, and Moroccan independency in 1956, the authority of Mohammed V desired the US Air Force to get out of the SAC ground in Morocco, take a firm stand on such activeness after American intercession in Lebanon in 1958. The United States held to go away as of December 1959, and was full out of Morocco in 1963. SAC experience the Moroccan ground were much small critical with the long bush of the B-52, and with the pass completion of the Spanish ground in 1959.
Incidents
On July 1, 1967, a Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie Ilyushin IL-18 which had been deviate to Casablanca because of fog at its original destination of Rabat, crashed eight land mile from the landing track on its 2nd try to bring down at Casablanca.
On April 1, 1970, a Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle crashed on draw close to Casablanca Mohammed V airport when it lost command at a tallness of approximately 500 human foot. The fuselage broke in 2. Sixty 1 of the 82 riders and crew were assassination.
Transport link up
Car
Mohammed V airport is able to be hit via the A7 Casa-Berchid state highway via Bouskoura. From Rabat use the A3 then the A5.
Rail
The railroad terminal is located at stage -1 in the reaches area of Terminal 1. Trains go away from the airport to Casablanca every 60 minute between 06.50 and 22.50. Trains go away from Casablanca to the airport every 60 minute between 06.38 and 22.38. Journey clip is one-half an 60 minute and costs 30 MAD (around three USD). the internet site of the national railway line corporation ONCF is www.oncf.mama.
Bus
Bus corporation CTM functions services to Casablanca Mohammed V airport from the town centre. Journey clip is 1 60 minute.
Taxi
The cab rank is turn up at stage 0 of the reaches area . The base value for a journey to Casablanca is 200.00dh.
Passenger Services
Hotels
Casablanca Mohammed V Airport has 2 airport hotels, the Atlas Hotel which is a three star hotel owned by Atlas Hospitality (a foot soldier of the Royal Air Maroc Group) and a hotel inside the theodolite area of depot two which offers appartment for shorter time period solely for transiting riders.
Terminal one
Terminal one is closed for redevelopment and enlargement works. Check-in is still open and going are cut back to Terminal 2.
Terminal two
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran |
| Air Arabia Maroc | Brussels-Charleroi, London-Stansted, Lyon, Marseille, Milan-Orio al Serio, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino, Milano-Malpensa |
| Clickair | Barcelona |
| EasyJet | Lyon, Madrid, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Hellenic Imperial Airways | Athens |
| Jet4you | Barcelona , Bologna, Brussels-Charleroi, Geneva, Paris-Orly, Lyon, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Toulouse |
| Iberia Airlines | Madrid |
| Air Nostrum | Malaga, Valencia |
| Libyan Airlines | Tripoli |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| MyAir | Milan-Oro Al Serio , Venice |
| Qatar Airways | Doha, Tripoli |
| Regional Air Lines | Agadir, Al Hoceima, Errachidia, Essaouira, Goulimime, Lisbon, Marrakech, Nador , Oujda, Tangier, Tan Tan, Villa Cisneros |
| Royal Air Maroc | Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Agadir, Bamako, Barcelona, Beirut, Bissau, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brazzaville, Brussels, Cairo, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Essaouira, Errachidia, Fez, Freetown, Geneva, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kano , Kinshasa, Lagos, London-Heathrow, Libreville, Lille, Lisbon, Lome, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Marseille, Monrovia, Marrakech, Nantes, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Paris-Charles de Gaulle , Paris-Orly, Riyadh, Strasbourg, Tangier, Tripoli, Tunis, Toulouse, Yaounde |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh |
| Swiss International Air Lines functioned by Edelweiss Air | Marrakech, Zürich |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
Terminal three
Departures Only
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Royal Air Maroc | Algiers, Amsterdam, Bologna, Düsseldorf , Frankfurt, Montreal-Trudeau, Milan-Malpensa, New York-JFK, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin |
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