Morocco has banned all flights to and from the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom since Thursday. The Moroccan authorities are afraid that the increasing number of corona infections will spread to the North African country.
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Transavia received permission from Morocco yesterday to perform ten repatriation flights. Nine flights to the Netherlands are now planned until October 29.
3500 travelers to Morocco
In the past week, approximately 3,500 people traveled to Morocco with Transavia. Since the announcement of the flight ban, there has been a lot of uncertainty about what it meant for Dutch travelers.
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Transavia waited for days for a permit to pick up stranded passengers with empty planes. The airline previously warned that the ten flights are probably not enough to bring anyone who wants to return to the Netherlands.
Last night, a flight from Morocco also landed in Brussels, with 78 Dutch people on board. They are brought to the Netherlands by bus from the Belgian capital. These repatriated people had gone to Morocco through travel agency TUI.
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