British Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir. It will also give customers more flight flexibility between London Heathrow and Marrakesh. The interesting part is that it will take effect before RAM join oneworld, so more opportunities to earn Avios and tier points before the official joining date. Although they may not be an obvious choice of airline Royal Air Maroc have a fairly modern fleet of aircraft with decent business class seats and serve some interesting destinations.
Customers will be able to book from 13 February when the new agreement takes effect and codeshare flights will operate from 20 February, prior to the Moroccan airline’s joining of the oneworld alliance on 1 April 2020.
British Airways’ first African codeshare will give its customers more choice of services between Heathrow and Marrakesh. As well as daily access to Royal Air Maroc’s hub in Casablanca, which is not currently served directly by British Airways.
Casablanca also serves as the perfect hub for connections onto other Royal Air Maroc destinations, including Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, Freetown in Sierra Leone and Agadir in Morocco.
Both Royal Air Maroc and British Airways’ customers will be able to earn loyalty points when flying on either carrier. As always, members of the British Airways Executive Club can earn Avios on their British Airways booking including eligible codeshare flights. Avios can be spent on Reward flights, upgrades, hotels, car rental and cutting the cost of a flight. When using Avios part payment, customers can pick from a range of savings by destination and cabin and they still collect Avios points on their bookings.
British Airways’ customers will be eligible for access to Royal Air Maroc’s airport lounges when flying in premium cabins of Royal Air Maroc’s, bearing British Airways code and the same will apply to Royal Air Maroc’s customers flying in a premium cabin of British Airways codeshare flights at British Airways airport lounges.
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Hi. I’m new to code sharing. How can I find a flight with a code share in this instance?
Thanks.
You would just use BA.com to
Search for a flight to the destination and if it’s available it will show up with a 4 digit BA flight number. You could use google flights as well and then if it has a link through to BA.com look at it that way. Basically you need a BA ticket on a BA flight number. It will say operates by Royal Air Maroc underneath.
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