{"id":403669,"date":"2026-02-24T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=403669"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:52:54","slug":"royal-air-maroc-launches-flights-to-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/royal-air-maroc-launches-flights-to-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Air Maroc launches flights to Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Royal Air Maroc<\/a> will expand its network starting in April with the launch of two weekly flights from Casablanca to Beirut, the Lebanese capital. According to the Moroccan airline, the new destination is \u201ca strategic step directly linked to the Brazilian market,\u201d as the Lebanese community in Brazil is estimated between seven and ten million people, including natives and descendants, who will be able to use the airline\u2019s flights to reach Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight departs from Casablanca, Morocco, on Fridays and Sundays at 00:35 AM (GMT) and arrives in Beirut at 06:00 AM. On the return, it departs Beirut at 07:00 AM and lands in Casablanca at 1:15 PM. These flights will be operated by Boeing 737-9 aircraft. The airline says the schedule was chosen to allow connections in Casablanca for passengers coming from S\u00e3o Paulo\u2013Guarulhos International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConnecting travelers from S\u00e3o Paulo is strategic: it serves as a bridge with the diaspora,\u201d the airline said in a statement, noting that it now offers \u201ca more direct alternative route\u201d for family visits, religious and cultural celebrations, and business trips. Other typical options for this journey usually go through France, Spain, Germany, England, Turkey, or the Gulf. Royal Air Maroc adds that the S\u00e3o Paulo\u2013Beirut connection via Casablanca creates opportunities for travel companies to offer \u201croots tourism\u201d packages, a market that has been growing internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Air Maroc expands presence in Brazil<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This route is part of an international expansion. In December, the airline began flying four times a week to S\u00e3o Paulo from Casablanca. In April, it will add flights to Span\u2019s Alicante and Bilbao, Republic of Congo\u2019s Ponta Negra, and Libya\u2019s Tripoli. Later this year, it will operate flights to Spain\u2019s Palma de Mallorca, Italy\u2019s Verona, and the United States\u2019 Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Air Maroc\u2019s Regional Director for South America, Othman Baba, is quoted as saying in the press release that in 2026 the airline will enter a new phase of expansion, \u201cstrengthening Morocco\u2019s connectivity with major global hubs.\u201d He has told ANBA that the airline plans to add more flights to S\u00e3o Paulo and also operate landings and takeoffs in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Moroccan airline, economy class passengers can fly with up to two 23-kg bags at no extra cost, while business class allows three 32-kg bags. Business travelers can do a stopover in Morocco of up to 14 days without changing the fare, while economy passengers can stop over for seven days at the same ticket price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/em>:
Morocco bets on flights to lure Brazilian tourists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a9Henrique Campos\/Hans Lucas via AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The airline says the route schedule was designed to serve travelers departing from Brazil seeking to reach Lebanon faster than alternative routes. Operations begin in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":391297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[1996,22643,22644,9534,38144,52297,26249,16981,48585,10647,9941,29862,10080],"class_list":{"0":"post-403669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-beirut","9":"tag-beirute-en","10":"tag-brasil-en-2","11":"tag-brazil-en","12":"tag-casablanca-en-2","13":"tag-diaspora-2","14":"tag-diaspora-en-2","15":"tag-expansion","16":"tag-lebanon-2","17":"tag-libano-ar","18":"tag-royal-air-maroc-en","19":"tag-sao-paulo-en-2","20":"tag-sao-paulo-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The airline says the route schedule was designed to serve travelers departing from Brazil seeking to reach Lebanon faster than alternative routes. Operations begin in April.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}