Bourget - The 48th edition of the
Paris international Le Bourget air show is qxed on the promotion of Morocco
as a privileged destination of aeronautics production
June 16, 2009
Nine Moroccan companies and bodies will be present in this world seven-day
event, inaugurated Monday by the French Prime Minister, François Fillon.
Morocco Export, Union of Moroccan spatial and aeronautic (Gimas), Aeroexpo
Marrakech, carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM), national airports office (ONDA) and
the Moroccan agency for the development of investments (AMDI) are among the
Moroccan companies that will be present.
Morocco's aeronautics industry is considered a key strategy of development, as
outlined in the national industrial plan, dubbed "Emergence", Director General
of Morocco Exports (Moroccan center of exports promotion), Saad Benabdellah told
MAP.
Benabdellah, who stressed the advantages of Morocco in terms of investment in
the aeronautics sector, recalled that the country has so far attracted more that
70 aeronautics' companies, located mostly in the Casablanca-Rabat axe and in
the free zone of Tangiers.
