Royal Air Maroc Joining Star Alliance?

Published: January 21, 2015

As I’ve said before, I’m always excited when smaller airlines join the major alliances, even if they don’t necessarily have the best reputation. That’s because often it is most practical to fly those airlines, and ultimately you’re better off being able to earn and redeem miles on them, not to mention take advantage of consistent elite benefits.

While oneworld seems to be on a kick lately with new member acquisitions, it looks like Star Alliance may have a small victory up their sleeve. Rumor has it that Royal Air Maroc is in the final stages of negotiations with Star Alliance, and that a formal announcement about them joining Star Alliance should be made in the coming days.

Royal Air Maroc would be the fourth African Star Alliance member airline, after EgyptAir, Ethiopian, and South African Airways.

Royal Air Maroc’s fleet presently consists of one 747, one 787, four 767s, and then a bunch of regional aircraft.

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Here’s Royal Air Maroc’s routemap:

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I’ve long wanted to visit Morocco, and Royal Air Maroc’s nonstop flight from New York to Casablanca seems like a convenient way to get there.

Have you flown Royal Air Maroc, and if so, what was your experience like?

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Denis Guest

January 25, 2015, 10:28 am

lucky, a Brazilian blogger is claiming that RAM will join OW. http://passageirodeprimeira.com/royal-air-maroc-deve-entrar-para-oneworld-ainda-este-ano/ (in Portuguese)

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caro Guest

January 22, 2015, 10:33 am

I fly Royal Air Maroc fairly often as I've lived in a few different West African countries for six years now. On the one hand, this is great news because I've been dying to get useful miles for those flights! Their crew are usually friendly and they certainly have the coverage that would otherwise be lacking for many of these countries. However, their planes are usually run down, check-in often does not have enough agents, transferring in Casablanca is annoying (long lines at security for transfers, confusing process to get a hotel room if you have a long layover, many cases of items being stolen from luggage, etc.) and the food is not so great.

Charlie Guest

January 22, 2015, 6:21 am

But they really should do something about that font they use for their English name... Quite dreadful. Makes it look like a cartoon actually. And it looks even more dreadful on the dirty euro-white planes at CMN :(

Sam New Member

January 21, 2015, 9:45 pm

I used to fly LHR-CMN and BRU-CMN quite regularly a number of years ago (mid 90's) in both Y and J. Back then they compared pretty poorly with BA and Sabena. The biggest issue they had was their service which was ranged from nonchalant / dismissive to flat-out awful. I'd heard their long-haul crews were more enthusiastic. Check-in at CMN was always a bit if a bear-pit as well, particularly during Ramadan I'd be keen to try them again though - their new 787 looks pretty good and if they've solved some of their service issues they'd be a viable solid option for Europe / US to Africa.

Kenny Guest

January 21, 2015, 8:12 pm

@Marcus I don't think you'd be able to upgrade with IB Avios, and they are really only a decent value on long-haul travel. I have the IB chart for AT along with a map at http://saverocity.com/miles4more/award-booking-east-coast-avios/

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