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  Mohammed V International Airport
Morocco’s main international airport and the country’s largest, Mohammed V International Airport handled over 65% of the country’s total air movement, in 2006.
The state-owned airport, which was established in 1980, saw an annual traffic rose by 13.81% in 2006 to 5.07 million passengers, surpassing its 4 million passenger capacity.
, Mohammed V initiated an expansion project in 2005 that is expected to be completed by the end of 2007.
www.zawya.com /cm/profile.cfm/cid1002929   (191 words)

  
  Worldandnation: Pakistan turns over 'Cole' bombing suspect
Mohammed's arrest by Pakistani intelligence officers andhandover to U.S. authorities -- which bypassed the usual extradition and deportation procedures -- was the result of a broad investigation by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials into the activities of Arab students who are suspected of having ties to al-Qaida, the Post reported.
Mohammed is the first person captured outside Yemen for the October 2000 bombing of the Cole as it refueled in the port of Aden.
Mohammed Saddiq Odeh, a Jordanian who was recently convicted in New York for the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, was detained when he arrived in Karachi on the day of the bombings.
www.sptimes.com /News/102801/Worldandnation/Pakistan_turns_over__.shtml   (928 words)

  
 AVSIM Online - Flight Simulation's Number 1 Site!
Mohammed V airport (GMMN) is the hub of Morocco’s national airline, Royal Air Maroc.
The flight between Anfa and Mohammed V is only 12 nm, but this year, Anfa will be closed to non-military traffic, so pretty soon this will be a flight that most of us can make only in the sim.
The Aerosoft package has enhanced this airport, too, though you won’t find the same level of detail as Mohammed V. Anfa is older and smaller than Mohammed V, but it looks cleaner somehow—maybe because the ground textures don’t have tire smudges.
www.avsim.com /pages/0506/Casablanca/Casablanca.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Mohammed V international airport is a short ride east of the city and there are plenty of shuttle buses.
Mohammed V promoted himself to king in 1957 and was succeeded four years later by his son, Hassan II.
A baker's dozen of dad's cronies have indeed gotten the axe, and Mohammed did pardon a couple of journalists imprisoned for questioning the prime minister's policies, although seven newpapers were subsequently shut down after they mistook the king's leniency for true editorial autonomy.
www.statraveluk.lonelyplanet.com /africa/morocco/index.html   (4119 words)

  
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The different London airports (Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick) are far from the city.
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 Romantic Casablanca
Home of the Mohammed V International Airport, the country's largest, many travelers start or end their Morocco stay with a day or two in the city, but quickly find that Casablanca offers plenty of diversions, starting with its architecture.
The Place Mohammed V is the downtown centerpiece of French colonial style, a style echoed along the Boulevard Mohammed V all the way to Parc de la Ligue Arabe or the Arab League Garden.
Located within walking distance of the Place Mohamed V and the kasbahs, this 306-room hotel is a favorite with travelers thanks to its free time offerings.
www.lovetripper.com /africa/1232006-casablanca.html   (2425 words)

  
 Everyone wants NRIs' share in Cochin airport
The movers and shakers in the airport modernisation industry have now set their eyes on the Cochin International Airport Limited, which is planning to go public this year.
All the other airports and other infrastructural facilities are owned, managed and operated by the government (read civil aviation ministry, the Airports Authority of India and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation).
In the first phase, around 1,500 acres of land was acquired for the airport and the airport has been constructed with facilities matching international standards.
www.rediff.com /money/2006/feb/22nri.htm   (1035 words)

  
 simFlight.com - Fly To Casablanca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
And it is Casablanca in its widest sense as it covers the city, the main international airport and the old airport all in one affordable download.
Mohammed V International airport is being overhauled right now (what airport is not these days?) and just opened a new runway.
Anfa, the old airport looks like it is somehow stuck in 1950, but is a major training base for Royal Air Maroc Air and used by the local flying club and the Moroccan army.
www.simflight.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=7817   (364 words)

  
 Market Briefs - Safety & Security Equipment & Serv -- U.S. Commercial Service The Access Eastern Mediterranean ...
The demand is expected to increase rapidly (20-30%) in the next two years, with international security concerns as well as the country's economic growth and industrialization, which call for replacement of aged equipment.
Morocco has sixty-three airports, eleven of which are international airports, which serve passengers and cargo traffic.
The National Airport Authority is planning an extension of the Mohammed V international airport in order to increase the capacity of passengers from 3.5 to 7 million annually by 2010.
www.buyusa.gov /easternmed/safetymarketbrief.html   (2566 words)

  
 Car Hire Casablanca Airport. Cheap Car Rental Casablanca Airport
Mohammed V International Airport (IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN) (Arabic: ãØÇÑ ãÍãÏ ÇáÎÇãÓ ÇáÏæáí; transliterated: Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly) is an airport in Casablanca, Morocco.
The airport was named after King Mohammed V of Morocco.
The Mohammed V Airport is twinned with the Baltimore-Washington International Airport and the Palestinian International Airport of Gaza.
www.beneluxcar.com /car-hire-airport/casablanca.htm   (258 words)

  
 Observer | Just as you thought the world might be safer...
It has now emerged that even Mohammed Atta, the leader of the 11 September hijackers, was probably recruited by an older, more experienced operative, Syrian-born Mohammed Haydar Zammar, 41, a veteran of the Afghan training camps who is thought to be in American custody.
Suspicion is focusing on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (Army of Mohammed) in which British-born graduate Saeed Omar Sheikh, currently in prison charged with kidnapping and murdering an American journalist in January, is a key figure.
In Washington, the metropolitan district commissioned the Centre for Strategic and International Studies to devise a a scenario of the impact of a 'dirty bomb' exploding outside the Air and Space Museum.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4434672-108959,00.html   (2617 words)

  
 Excite - Travel Guide - Attractions
At the square known as the Place Mohammed V you'll find the country's most impressive examples of Mauresque architecture.
'Casa' shares the Mohammed V airport with Rabat, and regular flights are available to and from Europe and the Middle East.
Perched on Morocco's northern tip, its international flavour remains strong; as does its reputation for inspiring shady deals and foreign misfits.The city's central Petit Socco is the focus of attention.
www1.excite.com /travel/travelguide/attractions/0,20310,Africa-474,00.html   (966 words)

  
 International Market Research - Feasibility study on construction of platform for mail and parcel services for the post ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. This is an international tender that gives the opportunity to U.S. firms to compete and provide a Feasibility Study in the field of postal services.
The Moroccan Postal Office "Barid Al Maghib" has launched an international tender for the selection of a firm to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a platform for processing mail and parcel services.
This new platform will be located at the Mohammed V International Airport, located in the Casablanca area.
strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr114281e.html   (435 words)

  
 CNN.com - Diverted flight passenger charged over hoax - Feb. 20, 2004
According to an affidavit in the case, the Transportation Security Administration director at the Bangor International Airport called the FBI Thursday to say that a plane was being diverted to his airport "because of suspicions that a passenger on board had a bomb."
Ghias aroused suspicions and underwent an extra security check at JFK Airport because he bought a one-way ticket to Casablanca, Morocco; paid for it in cash, and did not have any baggage with him, the affidavit said.
ET Friday, according to an official at the Bangor airport, and the airline said it landed at Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport shortly after 3 p.m.
www.cnn.com /2004/US/Northeast/02/20/diverted.flight/index.html   (689 words)

  
 Business Travel Executive | askBTE.com
Airports: Direct flights are available from New York to Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport.
The country’s largest airport, it is on the site of an old military airfield but has an ultra modern arrival area.
The airport is about 19 miles from downtown.
www.askbte.com /dept.asp?issueid=134&deptid=8   (378 words)

  
 Morocco Transportation - Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) from the downtown area, so it is necessary to take a taxi into the city, unless transfers are included as part of a package tour.
Airlines serving Mohammed V International Airport: Air Afrique, Air Algérie, Air France, Air Malta, Air Mauritanie, Alitalia, British Airways, Egyptair, Emirates, GB Airways, Gulf Air, Iberia, Iraqi Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Arab Airlines, Lufthansa German Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, and Tunisair.
Airport (Las Palmas) to Agadir vía Royal Air Maroc.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Morocco/Transportation-Morocco-R-17.html   (600 words)

  
 .: Casablanca: Here's Looking At You by Paris Permenter and John Bigley - Global Traveler Magazine :.
For many travelers, Casablanca is a home base from which to explore the Moroccan coast and acclimate before heading east to Marrakech, Fes and the Atlas Mountains; the city is home to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), the country's largest.
The heart of Casablanca, home to many of its most-viewed buildings, is Place des Nations Unies, a traffic roundabout from which the city flows, with the medina gate and its clock tower on one side.
Adjacent to the Place des Nations Unies (the old Place Mohammed V) stands Casablanca's old medina and its modest souks, far smaller than the mazelike souks for which Marrakech and Fes are well-known.
www.globaltravelerusa.com /showarticle.php?id=29&pg=1   (865 words)

  
 UK: CIA rendition flights used UK airfields - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Amnesty International's information concerns a Gulfstream V turbojet, then registered as N379P, which between 2001 and 2005 made at least 78 stopovers at UK airports while en route to or from destinations such as Baku, Dubai, Cyprus, Karachi, Qatar, Riyadh, Tashkent, and Warsaw.
On 18/19 December 2001, according to an inquiry conducted by the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen, the Gulfstream V took Ahmed Agiza and Mohammed al-Zari from Sweden to Cairo.
Amnesty International's records show that the plane had made several trips between Cairo and Prestwick earlier in the month, and stopped to refuel at Prestwick after leaving the two detainees in Cairo, where they were reportedly tortured.
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR450592005   (666 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::SITA signs $5.6 million contract for three major Moroccan international ...
SITA today announced that it has won a five-year, $5.6 million contract from the Moroccan National Office of Airports (ONDA) to improve passenger flow through the country’s main airports in Casablanca, Agadir and Marrakech.
AirportConnect CUTE is a common software, hardware and network airport solution that enables airlines and handling agents to access their own applications from workstations and printers shared by all users.
Its extensive range of airline and airport applications and services includes airport operations and integrated baggage services, common use and desktop services, flight operations and air-to-ground communications and end-to-end airline distribution and fares services.
www.albawaba.com /en/business,IT_and_Telecom/196847   (469 words)

  
 Country Profile Morocco (sample) - EIU Online Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
King Mohammed pledged himself to the principles of constitutional monarchy, the rule of law, a multiparty system, respect for human rights and individual liberties, greater economic liberalisation and regional decentralisation.
The “people’s king”, as King Mohammed has been dubbed, enjoys wide popularity and says he wants to modernise the monarchy; the public nature of his marriage to Princess Lalla Salma in March 2002 was a significant break with tradition.
King Mohammed VI sacks the long-serving interior minister, Driss Basri, signalling a break with the repression and corruption of the past.
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 Gateway2Morocco.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Arrival at Casablanca Mohamed V International airport.Welcome, assistance and transfer for the sightseeing of Casablanca with an interior visit of the Great
After breakfast, visit of Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, including the splendid Hassan Tower, the Mohammed V Mausoleum and the Ramparts of Mechouar circling the Royal Palace.
This religious brotherhood adheres to Sufism and its ritual comprises litanies and poems sung.
www.gateway2morocco.com /php/showContent.php?linkid=154   (773 words)

  
 Casablanca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
With two airports and a major harbour it is the gateway to North Africa for many visitors.
Covering two airports (Mohammed V International Airport and Anfa Airport) and the complete city, this scenery will give you a new location to explore the region from.
The main airport is accurate and well detailed ground objects make it come to life.
www.aerosoft.com /cgi-local/re/iboshop.cgi?showd,,D10063   (609 words)

  
 Royal Air Maroc - Travel to Morocco
It operates scheduled international flights from Morocco to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
In addition the expansion of the Casablanca Mohammed V airport in 1984 provided the company with a more modern base that was well adapted to its current and future needs.
On a more positive note, the current construction of a second terminal at the Mohammed V airport will provide RAM with more growth opportunities.
www.magicaljourneys.com /Morocco/morocco-travel-royalairmaroc.html   (793 words)

  
 Maghreb Arabe Presse: President Putin wraps up official visit to Morocco
The Russian president was seen off at the Mohammed V International Airport of Casablanca by Prime Minister, Driss Jettou.
During his visit to Morocco, President Putin and king Mohammed VI held official talks and co-chaired the signing ceremony of various cooperation agreements between the two countries.
The visit was paid following the visit King Mohammed VI made to Russia on October 14 to 19, 2002.
www.map.ma /eng/sections/world/president_putin_wrap/view   (289 words)

  
 Yemen : Social Development Fund
The project aims at improving the air transport services by accommodating the increasing demand for air transport services of passengers and freight through Mohamed V International Airport, which represents the main national and international airport.
The project also aims at supporting and improving the tourism industry, which is a main element in the country's economic and social development.
The project represents the third phase in developing Mohamed V airport in Casablanca.
www.arabfund.org /project/proj389.htm   (249 words)

  
 Mystique and bustle, modernity and ritual in 'Casa' - The Boston Globe
CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Passengers landing at Mohammed V International Airport might remember Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart embracing on the tarmac in a cloud of mist.
Westerners who visit Casablanca for romantic reasons associated with the classic film, however, are likely to be sorely disappointed by this brash, modern metropolis.
Investigators blamed Salafia Jihadia, a group with suspected international ties.
www.boston.com /travel/articles/2005/01/09/mystique_and_bustle_modernity_and_ritual_in_casa/?page=2   (1071 words)

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