Etihad Cargo and Royal Air Maroc Cargo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the two airlines co-operate in a number of areas, including network development, freighter deployment and increasing traffic on several trade lanes, over the coming nine months.

The MOU was signed at Royal Air Maroc’s headquarters in Casablanca by David Kerr, Senior Vice President, Etihad Cargo, and Amine El Farissi, Vice President Cargo, Royal Air Maroc. Abdelhamid Addou, Chief Executive Officer of the Moroccan national airline, also attended the signing ceremony.
Royal Air Maroc Cargo operates a single B737 freighter, which will be complemented by Etihad Cargo’s freighter fleet of ten aircraft (five B777Fs and five A330Fs), as well as belly hold capacity on a combined fleet of more than 150 passenger aircraft from both airlines.