Casablanca Mohamed V Airport
The Casablanca Mohamed V Airport is located
approximately 25 kilometers outside of the city of Casablanca in
Morocco.
This airport in Morocco is the hub for the airline
Royal
Air Maroc, and was dedicated to King Mohammed V of Morocco. The
Casablanca
Mohamed V Airport in Morocco has an average of 5 million passengers
that
pass though the terminal in a year and is one of the 26 airports in
Morocco
that has a paved runway, out of a total of 60 airports that exist in
Morocco.
The Mohamed V Airport has two paved runways that are both 3 720
meters in
length and are both used for take offs and landings. There are many
airlines
that operate flights in and out of the Mohamed V Airport including
airlines
such as Kuwait Airlines, Tunisair, Qatar Airlines, Fedex, Royal
Jordanian,
Syrian Arab Airlines, Air France, Emirates Airlines, Royal Air Maroc,
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines, British Airways, DHL Air, Air Malta, Lufthansa,
Regional Airlines, UPS and Egyptair.
The airport in Casablanca has many facilities available to
passengers
that include banking facilities, a foreign exchange service, ATM’s,
public
telephones and clean and hygienic restrooms. Duty free shops, gift
shops,
newsstands, cafés and restaurants are available throughout the
terminal. For
passenger convenience, the airport has a postage service and a business
center. The business center allows passengers to make photocopies, sent
important faxes or log onto the internet to check on their e-mails.
There is
also a prayer room, pharmacy, medical and first aid facilities that
include
an ambulance service. The airport in Casablanca has specially adapted
restroom facilities and lifts to accommodate disabled passengers.
Transport from the Casablanca Mohamed V Airport to the city center
of
Casablanca, is available through taxi services, shuttle services,
busses and
railway. Car rental companies such as Europ Car Hire, Hertz Car
Rentals,
Budget Rent-a-Car and Avis Car Hire are located in the airport
building. The
airport has 1 600 parking bays in its long term parking area, and
approximately 880 parking bays in the short term parking area, that is
located out side of the Arrivals hall.
