Marrakech Airshow 2024 took place in Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK/GMMX) from the 30th October to 2nd November 2024. The event included conferences, a Moroccan Air Force museum, a static display, a flight a display and multiple aviation and defense booths which were most of the event.
The event featured a variety of aircraft on static display. The static display was defense oriented as no airliners nor corporate jets were displayed and surprisingly had 2 ground milary vehicles.
| Manufacturer | Aircraft/Vehicle |
|---|---|
| Airbus | H225 Super Puma, H135, H145, AS565 Panther |
| TATA | WhAP |
| Calidus | MCAV 014 |
| Lockheed Martin | C-130J Super Hercules, F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Boeing | KC-130 Stratotanker |
| Alenia | C-27J Spartan |
| Baykar | TB-3 |
| Bell | 412EPI (ASW) |
| Raytheon | T-6C Texan II |
| Diamond | DA-40 Diamond Star, DA-42 Twin Star |
| Bombardier | CL-415 |
| Turbo Trush | T-660 |
The event knew a small number of flight displays taking place in the air of Marrakech city. Most of them were Moroccan performers with a light addition of Spain's Patrulla Águila.
| Country | Display |
|---|---|
| Morocco | La Marche Verte, F-16, Bombardier CL-415 |
| Spain | Patrulla Águila |
The event also included a RMAF (Royal Moroccan Air Force) museum. The mesum mainly included a pictures and models of the different aircraft types operated by RMAF and RMN (Royal Moroccan Navy).
The models covered a wide variety of aircrafts and helicopters like F-16C F-5E CH-47D. While the models were a big part of the museum, RMAF displayed a real Turbojet J85 GE-13 engine which is used by the F-5E Tiger 2. Last addition to the military museum was the pilots jumpsuits for different fighters and helicopters.
The booths were the biggest part of the air show with a wide variaty of industry leader displaying their latest tech. Morocco's AES drones, Safran's engines Airbus latest civilian and military aircrafts, Lockheed Martin's weapons, Baykar showed their latest drones including Kizilelma and TB-2 land based variant to the displayed the TB-3.
While most companies had standard booths the most eye catching ones were Royal Air Maroc, UAE(Calidus+Edge Group) and China(AVIC/Chengdu).
Royal Air Maroc made a museum style booth with a variant of aircraft models including the 737-MAX-8 and 747-400 without forgeting the iconic L-749A Constellation. Models weren't just the full RAM booth as they added various pics of the airline's history and some aircraft instruments and blackbox.
The Emiratis made an open booth with both Calidus and Edge Group displaying their innovations over a white carpet. Edge Group displayed a variety of their weapons going from bombs and and firearms to loitering munitions for FPV recon and attack drones, the company event displayed their wide selection of missiles. Calidus on the other hand showed their new B-250 which is compatible with Edge's air launched weapons, the company also displayed an early version of the B-250 simulator which visitors get the chance to try. Calidus MCAV-014 was part of the static display while an MCAV-20 model was displayed on the booth.
The Chinese has a dense booth displaying most their military fixed wing aircrafts on the market manned and unmanned. Ranging from the famous J-10 to the big WL-10 attack drone. The MA-60 got the opportunity to be displayed next to the Y-20.
