The new terminal of the Fes-Saiss airport, intended to bring the annual reception capacity of the airport to 2.5 million passengers, will be ready very soon.
Passenger traffic at the Fes-Saiss airport recorded an increase of 4.32% during the first four months of 2015 compared to the same period of the previous year.
Some 261,095 travelers passed through the Fes-Saiss airport at the end of April 2015, against 250,186 passengers during the same period of the past year, indicates the National Airports Office (ONDA).
During the month of April alone, the Fes-Saiss airport welcomed a total of 77,122 passengers against 71,004 during the same period of the year 2014, an increase of 8.62%.
At the national level, the overall commercial air passenger traffic recorded during the month of April 2015 an increase of 0.27% compared to the month of the past year.
Regarding the classification of commercial air traffic by zone, the Fes-Saiss airport still occupies the 4th position after those of Casablanca-Mohammed V, Marrakech-Menara, and Agadir-Al Massira.
The new terminal of the Fes-Saiss airport, intended to bring the annual reception capacity of the airport to 2.5 million passengers, will be ready very soon.
Designed to meet the constant increase in passenger traffic at the level of the spiritual capital and accompany the economic dynamic of the region, the new terminal, with a total cost of 479 million DH, is part of a large extension project of the Fes-Saiss airport.
Also intended to respond to the arrival of new companies and the creation of new additional routes, this large-scale airport structure, whose work was launched in 2011, is built on a total area of 17,000 m2.
The new terminal, whose construction work is financed by the ONDA and the African Development Bank (AfDB), aims at the extension of the aircraft parking and the connecting taxiways with the takeoff runway as well as the setting up of a new parking lot of 800 places for cars.
The Fes-Saiss airport, as a platform of choice for several low-cost companies, welcomes thousands of Moroccan and foreign tourists every year.
