British Airways (BA) has announced plans to resume flights from Gatwick to the Moroccan city of Marrakech.

The service is scheduled to run three times a week from March 27 next year.

BA has previously flown to Marrakech as GB Airways but the service ended in March 2008 when low-fare carrier easyJet took over GB Airways.

BA’s UK and Ireland sales and marketing head, Richard Tams, said: “BA offers a real alternative to discerning travellers to Morocco.”

The new route was announced at the opening of the World Travel Market in London. The flag carrier airline also announced a sale of Gatwick fares to European destinations including Amsterdam, Geneva, Rome, Turin and Venice.

Marrakech is known as the “Red City” and is situated in the south-west of the country near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. It is the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat. It was once an imperial city and has more than a million inhabitants.

The city is divided into two parts – the Medina, the historical city, and the new European modern district called Gueliz or Ville Nouvelle. It is served by Menara International Airport and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

Copyright Press Association 2010

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