ONDA is the Moroccan airport operator

Airport authorities

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 and administrator. The company headquarters are based in Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport is an airport operated by ONDA . Located in Province of Nouaceur, a suburb 30 km south-east of Casablanca, it is the busiest airport in Morocco with almost 7.25 million passengers passing through the airport in 2010...

 in Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

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History

ONDA was established in July 1990 under parliamentary law

Bylaw

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 14-89. Prior to then, Morocco's airports were administered by the Moroccan ministry of transport.

One year later, ONDA inaugurated Al Massira Airport

Al Massira Airport

Agadir – Al Massira Airport is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco. Agadir is the capital of the province of Agadir and the region of Souss-Massa-Draâ....

 in Agadir

Agadir

Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region .-Etymology:...

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On September 15, 2003, Abdelhanine Benallou, was nominated as new general manager of ONDA.

Serious airport related accidents

Although Morocco

Morocco

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 has its share in aircraft accidents, the number of serious incidents with fatalities directly related to an airport (approach, take-off or on ground accidents) are very low. The total number of accidents with fatalities in Morocco is 19, resulting in 792 deaths. The same numbers for events directly related to airports are 5 resp. 171.

The majority of the airport related incidents are long ago, the last incident in 1986.

Milestones

• Menara Airport in Marrakech
  Marrakech
  Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...
  
   celebrated the arrival of the two millionth passenger on November 23, 2005.

• Al Massira Airport
  Al Massira Airport
  Agadir – Al Massira Airport is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco. Agadir is the capital of the province of Agadir and the region of Souss-Massa-Draâ....
  
   in Agadir
  Agadir
  Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region .-Etymology:...
  
   gets ISO 9001/2000 certificate on December 16, 2005.

Partnerships and agreements

ONDA helped in supervising the construction of Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport , formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in Rafah close to the Egyptian border....

 which Mohammed V International Airport is twinned with. It also organized training programs for Palestinian

Palestinian people

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 engineers in Morocco in 1997 just months before the inauguration of the airport in Gaza

Gaza

Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...

 in December 1998.

In Mars 14, 2003, ONDA signed a partnership agreement with Côte d'Azur International Airport

Côte d'Azur International Airport

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, Nice

Nice

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, France

France

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New developments and plans

Around 2004 ONDA created a masterplan to upgrade many facilities by 2010. The main projects are: (the planned completion date in brackets)

Mohammed V International Airport - Casablanca

see also Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport

Mohammed V International Airport is an airport operated by ONDA . Located in Province of Nouaceur, a suburb 30 km south-east of Casablanca, it is the busiest airport in Morocco with almost 7.25 million passengers passing through the airport in 2010...

• build a new terminal of 60,000 m² and a total yearly capacity of 10 mln people. (end 2006)
• upgrade terminal 1: general overhaul and upgrade T1 to increase traffic-safety (May 2007)
• build new cargo terminal of 30,000 m² and 150,000 tonnes/year. (2007)
• build 10 extra aircraft stands (unknown)
• new parking facility and transport link (unknown)
• reconfigure aprons (unknown)

Al Massira Airport - Agadir

see also Agadir - Al Massira Airport

• Reshaping the trade zone
• Air-conditioning of the air terminal
• Strengthening the versatile side of the movement area

Menara Airport - Marrakech

see also Marrakech-Menara Airport

• Reshaping and extending Terminal 1 (2006)
• new terminal, aircraft stands and transport links (2008)
• work on cargo-terminal, taxiway parallel to runway, maintenance infra (unknown)

Dahkla Airport

see also Dakhla Airport

Dakhla Airport

Dakhla Airport is an airport serving Dakhla , a city in Western Sahara.The airport is operated as a Moroccan airport, with public facilities managed by the Moroccan state-owned company ONDA....

• Building new terminal to separate military and commercial activities (2007)
• and other works, including control-tower and national fence

Essaouira Mogador

see also Mogador Airport

Mogador Airport

Mogador Airport is an airport serving Essaouira , a city in the Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region in Morocco.-Facilities:...

• new passenger terminal (2007)
• extending runway, build parking apron, new taxi-way and two support buildings

Ibn Battouta - Tanger

see also Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

• reshape and extend existing terminal (2007 and phase 2:2015)
• extending plane-areas: general, runway, plane park, vehicle parking etc.

Rabat-Salé

see also Rabat-Salé Airport

Rabat-Salé Airport

Salé Airport or Rabat-Salé Airport is an airport serving Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, and also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region. It is a joint use public and military airport, also known as the First Royal Air Force Base...

• restructure air terminal (2007)
• new roads, new ONDA centre, new pedestrian path etc.

Apart from these larger plans some other smaller changes are planned around many airports around the country.