national fence Essaouira Mogador new passenger terminal (2007) extending runway, build parking apron, new taxi-way and two support buildings Ibn Battouta - Tanger reshape and extend existing terminal (2007 and phase 2:2015) extending plane-areas: general, runway, plane park, vehicle parking etc. Rabat-Salé restructure air terminal (2007) new roads, new ONDA centre, new pedestrian path etc. Apart from these larger plans some other smaller changes are planned around many airports around the country. Salon Convives de Marque Under the name Salon Convives de Marque ONDA offers VIP lounge services at some of the airports it manages. Services offered include access to the VIP lounge, assistance during check-in, retrieving luggage, boarding and assistance with the 'formalities' (passport-control, security etc.) (fast lanes or priority boarding). The VIP service is not linked to any specific airline: anyone can apply for membership. Currently the VIP service is offered at the following airports: Mohammed V (Casablanca), Rabat-Salé, Fes-Saïss, Agadir, Marrakech and Tangier Access to the VIP service can be bought by individuals (18.000,- Dirham), couples (24.000 Dh) and companies/organisations (60.000 Dh + 150 Dh per user) Statistics As the national operator for all public airports in Morocco the information they publish on flight-movements give a strong indication of the development of visitors and flights to the country. Also the cargo-figures tell something about the economy. The ONDA publishes monthly reports which contain number of passengers per airport and an overall total of aircraft-movements (landings and take-offs) and cargo figures for the whole country. Despite the international crisis, which hits Europe and North-America the most, the Moroccan airport authority reports continuously increasing passenger-numbers, aircraft-movements and processed cargo. Trends The summer-months are by far the busiest months for passengers. Not only tourists traveling to the main tourist locations as Marrakesh and Agadir see high volumes of passengers, also the airports in the North of Morocco see increasing passenger-numbers. Moroccans who live in Europe tend to visit family during the summer and although many of them still come over by ferry increasing numbers of people come by air. Other indications of this are for example: Ryanair operating regular flights to/from Nador, Fes, Oujda, Tanger and then also Marrakesh and Agadir in the South In the summer months at least once a week the scheduled flights operated by Royal Air Maroc use a Boeing 747 instead of the normal Boeing 737 other cheap airlines like Jet4you, Germanwings and AirArabiaMaroc operate