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28 Jun 2013
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The first hub will be installed in Benslimane
The Ministry of Equipment and Transport is currently conducting a strategic study for the implementation of this project. Benslimane would be the preferred city, according to the various scenarios under study.
The first hub dedicated to air freight should take up residence in Benslimane. A strategic study is currently being developed to define all the technical details of this gigantic project. The announcement is from Aziz Rebbah, Minister of Equipment and Transport who was the guest of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce on June 27 in Casablanca. Rebbah thus cuts short the information that has circulated about a probable hub in Tangier. And in the process, the Equipment department is currently conducting other studies in consultation with the National Office of Airports (ONDA) to determine the vocation to give to the Benslimane airport. According to Rebbah, the analysis of the various installation scenarios for the hub shows that Benslimane is, in more than one respect, the city that must house this future infrastructure. His explanation: "the geographical positioning of this city is such as to a…
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