Morocco's new carrier Atlas Blue to be operational October 1st, Minister

Morocco's new carrier Atlas Blue will be operational as of October 1st, said in Rabat Wednesday equipment and transport Minister, Karim Ghellab.

Atlas Blue, created last May by Royal Air Maroc (RAM) under an agreement previously signed with the government, will service Europe, especially France, on a regular basis, with a 7-aircraft fleet.

The company, which had already started July 26 a pre-launch phase with one airplane, will have 20 pilots, including 5 Moroccans.

The minister was speaking at a meeting with a House of Representatives (parliament lower chamber) committee on decentralization and infrastructures.

The Minister also surveyed the different measures taken by his department in liberalizing air transport, extending the rail network and restructuring of the National Transport Office (ONT).