Morocco Airline Cancels Special World Cup Flight To Qatar

Morocco’s national carrier made it known on Wednesday that some special flights operated by its Qatari counterpart to Doha had been canceled for fans seeking to watch the World Cup semi-final.

Morocco are the very first African or Arab national team to reach this stage of a World Cup, beating giants Spain and Portugal on the way, and they play against France in Doha on Wednesday night.

Euphoric supporters have booked plane tickets from Casablanca to Doha, and many have already arrived, but without match tickets, which they have told AFP they were supposed to receive via the Moroccan football federation on arrival.

After Morocco qualified for the semi-final, the national carrier decided to organize 30 special flights on Tuesday and Wednesday between Casablanca and Doha.

But “following the latest restrictions imposed by the Qatari authorities, Royal Air Maroc regrets to inform clients of the cancellation of their flights operated by Qatar Airways,” Royal Air Maroc disclosed this in a statement, without elaborating.