Umrah flights from Morocco: airlines, routes and departure cities

This page is a reference for anyone planning an Umrah trip from Morocco: pilgrims in Morocco, Moroccans living abroad who fly home first, and the son or daughter booking for their parents. Each claim comes with its source. When we do not know something, we say so.

It covers the flight side only: airlines, routes, airports and stopovers. Prices, entry paperwork and religious questions are outside its scope. For a question about the rites, ask a trusted imam or scholar.

Which airlines fly from Morocco to Saudi Arabia?

Three airlines appear in our sources: Royal Air Maroc, flynas and Saudia. They do not fly the same routes, and only some of their schedules are published.

Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the Moroccan national carrier, serves Saudi Arabia from its Casablanca hub, with Jeddah and Madinah both on sale, according to the Royal Air Maroc website¹. Frequencies and the Ramadan 2027 schedule are not published, according to the Royal Air Maroc website¹.

flynas, a Saudi airline, flies to two Moroccan cities. Its Jeddah-Casablanca route opened in 2023 at 3 flights a week². It launched the Jeddah-Rabat route on 4 July 2026 with 1 flight a week². Over 3 years on that Casablanca route, the airline reports more than 300,000 passengers between the two countries, according to flynas⁶.

Saudia, the Saudi national carrier, has served Marrakech as well as Casablanca. In June 2022, Saudia resumed seasonal direct Jeddah-Marrakech flights, with 3 weekly flights⁷. We did not check whether this route operates in 2026⁷.

How the market is shared matters in busy seasons. According to Royal Air Maroc, quoted by SNRTnews, the airline provided about one third of the air capacity for the Ramadan 2022 Umrah, with the other two thirds provided by other international airlines, including Saudi carriers⁹. In practice, a fully booked RAM flight does not mean there are no seats at all: look at the Saudi carriers too.

Which Moroccan airports have flights to Saudi Arabia?

For regular Umrah travel, our sources confirm two departure airports: Casablanca Mohammed V and Rabat-Salé. Other airports appear in seasonal programmes for Ramadan and Hajj. The practical side of leaving from each of the two is covered by omracasablanca.ma's Mohammed V departure guide and omrarabat.ma's guide to leaving from Rabat-Salé.

ONDA is Morocco's National Airports Office, the public body that runs the country's airports. For Hajj 2026, ONDA counted 91 outbound flights from 9 Moroccan airports to Madinah and Jeddah, operated by Royal Air Maroc and Saudi airlines⁵.

A seasonal programme is not a year-round timetable. If you live near Fez, Agadir or Oujda, ask the airline whether a flight from your city exists on your dates, or whether you will need to start from Casablanca.

Should you fly into Jeddah or Madinah?

Both work, and the choice sets the order of your trip. According to the Royal Air Maroc website, the airline sells flights from Casablanca to both cities¹.

Landing in Jeddah puts you closest to Makkah. The Haramain High Speed Railway has 5 stations, including King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah¹⁰. You can leave the terminal and continue by train, or by the road transfer your organiser arranges.

Landing in Madinah means you start the trip there and travel to Makkah later. Neither order is better in itself: ask your organiser why they chose one or the other, and what it changes for an older parent's first days.

Your return city matters too. If you plan to bring Zamzam water home, read our page on Zamzam water and flights before you book the return leg. Transfers between the three cities are explained in our guide to getting from Jeddah to Makkah and Madinah.

Direct flight or a stopover?

A direct flight, when one exists on your dates, is the simpler trip. Every stopover adds a landing, a walk through a terminal, a security check and a connection you could miss. For older travellers, that time on the ground is often more tiring than the flight itself; see our step-by-step plan for Umrah with elderly parents.

A stopover also ties your trip to a second airport. After strikes on Iran in late February 2026, Royal Air Maroc suspended its Casablanca-Doha and Casablanca-Dubai flights, a suspension extended until 15 April 2026¹². No impact on routes to Saudi Arabia was reported¹². The lesson is practical: a route through a hub depends on events at that hub.

If a flight is delayed or cancelled, the insurance attached to your trip may help. According to Gulf News, citing the ministry, the insurance included in the Umrah visa fees covers medical emergencies, accidents, death and flight delays or cancellations, among others¹³. Keep the policy details and the insurer's phone number with your passport.

Before you choose a stopover itinerary, ask yourself three questions:

• Is the connection time long enough for an older parent to walk between gates?
• Is the whole journey on one ticket, and what happens if the first flight is late?
• Does your checked bag go straight through to Jeddah or Madinah?

How do you check a flight before you book?

Five checks catch most problems before money changes hands, whether you book yourself or through an organiser:

Write the answers down and keep them with your booking. If something changes later, you will know what was agreed.

How busy are flights in Ramadan?

Very busy, based on recent seasons. For Ramadan 2023, Royal Air Maroc announced more than 61,000 seats on about 100 flights to Jeddah and Madinah, including 28,000 for Ramadan Umrah⁴. In early March 2025, according to LesEco, a direct Casablanca-Jeddah flight for the Ramadan Umrah was still hard to find, with almost all airlines full on direct Morocco-Saudi flights in February 2025¹⁴.

That is a description of past seasons, not a forecast. If you can travel outside Ramadan, compare the options in our guide to the best time for Umrah from Morocco.

How do Hajj flights work?

Hajj flights run as a separate seasonal programme, on top of the regular schedule. For Hajj 2023, flights outside Casablanca were split as follows: Rabat-Salé 19, Agadir 7, Fez 7, Marrakech 6 and Oujda 6, with Tangier also served¹⁵. These flights came on top of regular flights between Morocco and Saudi Arabia¹⁵.

Some Hajj pilgrims also go through the Makkah Route, the Saudi scheme that moves entry formalities to the departure airport; Morocco has taken part since 2022 (1443 AH), and it serves Hajj pilgrims, not Umrah travellers¹⁷.

This notebook covers the travel side of Hajj only. The official Hajj process in Morocco is announced by the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs.

Next stop in the notebook: the Umrah packing list, then getting from Jeddah to Makkah and Madinah.