Mohammad V International Airport Casablanca, Morocco

One word comes to mind when I think about this airport. SLOW. I arrived in Casablanca, was the first off the plane and the first on the shuttle bus to take us to immigration and customs. Why there was a shuttle bus I don’t know, because we were on the bus for 10 seconds and no more. We could have walked. Anyways, that’s how they roll in Casablanca. Every desk for the immigration officers was filled, and I was happy to see that because to me that meant the process would be a swift one. That’s what I thought. My flight of 40 people was the only flight to arrive, and somehow it took over an hour to get through security. The immigration officers were rude, almost all men and just plain rude that I had to say it twice. We filled out our customs forms on the plane, when it was my turn to go up, the officer spoke to me in Arabic and then French. I told him “English”, which he spoke and he just denied me and sent me to the back of the other line where I had to wait for 30 minutes. Finally when I got to the top of that line, I was processed which took another 30 minutes and I was sent through. I was a bit peeved. Anyways, I got my luggage and waited for it to be scanned again so I could exit and meet my tour group. Everything at the Casablanca airport just seemed unnecessary. Why are there so many immigration officers and still they are so slow?

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