bmi to Boost Flights to Marrakech

UK carrier bmi British Midland International is to increase the frequency of its flights between London Heathrow and Marrakech from three to five a week this winter. The airline says that in response to customer demand it will add new Thursday and Sunday flights to the initial schedule it launched earlier this year. The increase in capacity will take place from October 1 and will continue through to April 14.

bmi is the only airline to offer flights between London Heathrow and Marrakech, although British Airways, easyJet and Royal Air Maroc offer flights to the Moroccan city from London Gatwick, and Ryanair has flights from London Luton and London Stansted.

An estimated 308,000 O&D passengers flew between these London airports and Marrakech in the past year. easyJet currently dominates the market with a 51.0 per cent share of the traffic, followed by RAM 23.9 per cent and Ryanair with 21.1 per cent. bmi only launched its flights on the route in April, and according to provisional CAA data it carried 2,870 and 2,258 passengers during its first two month of operation.