Taking place in the heart of the city of Marrakech Morocco, the fourth international Airshow hosted at the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) base and Marrakech Menara Airport opened it's doors once again for North Africa's primary civilian and aerospace defence trade show.

The international trade show was opened on the 23rd April by Morocco's prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane, with multiple display's from the RMAF and flypasts of fighters, transports and helicopters On the ground could be seen a significant RMAF content, civilian aircraft and only a few international military attendee's.

The following two trade days also contained RMAF displays with scaled down flypasts. The final day the 26th April saw the base open it's doors to the public, for an enhanced flying programme, aerobatic teams and mass formation flypast to wow the crowds.

The Marrakech Airshow saw delegations from Africa, Europe and the Middle East, over 300 exhibitors along with almost 50,000 attendee's over the four day period.

Author Stewart Toone

Photo's S Toone & R Marriner