In order to encourage Moroccan fans to travel to Qatar and support the Moroccan national team in the World Cup matches, the Ministry of National Education and Sports announced on Thursday the distribution of flights at preferential prices for Moroccan fans.
And as part of an agreement with the Moroccan Football Association, the sports ministry will support Royal Airlines to set the price of a ticket to Qatar at 5,000 Moroccan dirhams, about $450 round trip, the Moroccan ministry said in a statement.
Maroc Airlines organizes additional daily flights between Casablanca and Doha with a capacity of 3,000 seats during the matches of the first round of the World Cup from November 20 to December 4.
The Moroccan airline has pledged to take advantage of this match ticket availability offer, explaining that it will put the tickets up for sale in the coming days through Royal Air Maroc commercial agencies.
The new proposals follow the signing of a partnership agreement between the Ministry of National Education, Primary Education and Sports, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and Royal Air Maroc.
Partnership agreement on the provision of flights at preferential prices for fans of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Ministry will support Royal Air Lines to determine the round-trip ticket price of AED 5,000.
There will be daily flights between Casablanca and Doha during the sporting event.
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In this context, Moroccan Sports Minister Shakib Benmoussa said that this agreement “meets the expectations of those who wish to travel to Qatar and will facilitate the movement and organization of the registration of the largest number of fans and the signing of a large public presence in Qatar.” national teams, thanks to the daily travel and travel associated with the matches they play.
Morocco will take part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for the second time in a row, after visiting the World Cup in Russia in 2018, and for the sixth time in its history.
The draw for the World Cup final in Qatar placed the Moroccan team in a group described as “difficult”, along with World Cup runners-up Croatia, bronze winners Belgium and Canada.
In preparation for the World Cup, the Moroccan team played two friendly matches against Chile and Paraguay respectively, where they beat comrades Alexis Sánchez with two goals to zero, and ended in a goalless draw in the second match.
A month before the Moroccan Football Association, Walid Rehraki appointed a new coach to lead the Atlas Lions in the 2022 World Cup, replacing Bosnian Frenchman Vahid Halilhodzic, who faced harsh criticism following his performance in the latest Africa Cup.
It is expected that Moroccan fans will actively come to the matches of the Moroccan national team, who came to Russia in thousands during the last World Cup and actively came during the Arab Cup 2021 organized by Qatar.