ONDA (Morocco)
| المكتب الوطني للمطارات | |
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Mohammed V International Airport Nouaceur, Casablanca  Coordinates: 33°22′02″N 07°35′23″E / 33.36722°N 7.58972°E |
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| Website | http://www.onda.ma |
The Moroccan Airports Authority (French: Office National Des Aéroports, ONDA, Arabic: المكتب الوطني للمطارات) is the Moroccan airport operator and administrator. The company headquarters are based in Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca.
ONDA was established in July 1990 under parliamentary law 14-89. Prior to then, Morocco's airports were administered by the Moroccan Ministry of transport. One year later, ONDA inaugurated Al Massira Airport in Agadir. On 15 September 2003, Abdelhanine Benallou, was nominated as new general manager of ONDA.
Although Morocco 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.
ONDA helped in supervising the construction of Yasser Arafat International Airport which Mohammed V International Airport is twinned with. It also organized training programs for Palestinian engineers in Morocco in 1997 just months before the inauguration of the airport in Gaza in December 1998.
On 12 March 2003, ONDA signed a partnership agreement with Côte d'Azur International Airport, Nice, France.
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