Flights Casablanca -> Madrid (CMN-MAD) — USD Fares, Airlines, Frequency
21 scheduled departures a week link Casablanca (CMN) in Morocco with Madrid (MAD) — about 3 a day — flown by 2 catalogued carriers at a scheduled block time near 1.5 hours.
Casablanca to Madrid is one of the shortest international corridors between Africa and Europe, with around 21 flights a week and a block time of about an hour and a half. The route carries business travellers, the Moroccan community in Spain visiting family, tourists and connecting passengers.
Great-circle distance Casablanca–Madrid is about 869 km, computed from the stored coordinates of CMN (33.37, -7.59) and MAD (40.49, -3.57). That number sets the EU261 band and nothing else: at 869 km the pairing sits in the 1,500 km or less band, worth €250. The band is measured to the final ticketed destination, so a routing through a hub does not change it. What it is worth depends on direction — every departure from Madrid (MAD) is covered whoever operates it, while the leg arriving from Casablanca is covered only when the operating carrier is EU/EEA-licensed. We do not have a licensing country on record for every operator here, so check the operating carrier on your own ticket rather than assuming.
Airlines on this route
2 carriers operate CMN–MAD: Royal Air Maroc (AT) and IB. Our carrier table records a checked-baggage baseline of 23 kg for Royal Air Maroc and holds no baseline for IB; Royal Air Maroc sits in Oneworld, with no alliance recorded for IB.
Two carriers fly CMN-MAD: Royal Air Maroc and Iberia, both full-service with checked baggage and meals included. Both fly direct to Madrid, and the high combined frequency gives the route a wide spread of departure times through the day.
| Carrier | Baggage baseline | Alliance |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Maroc (AT) | 23 kg | Oneworld |
| IB (IB) | — | — |
USD fares — CMN-MAD
$105 was the 2026-W29 reading in our weekly fare log for CMN–MAD, across 6 readings that range $105 to $130.
CMN-MAD fares climb around the European summer and the December holidays, when the Moroccan community travels in large numbers. With two carriers and high frequency, the short route is competitively priced — three to six weeks of lead time usually secures a reasonable economy fare in USD.
Book 3-5 months ahead. Fares climb steeply around the December holidays and the summer, when diaspora travel peaks. That window is general guidance rather than a rule for this single pairing; on a corridor with 21 weekly departures, the practical constraint is often seat availability on the days you can actually travel, not the headline fare.
One thing our fare data cannot tell you: whether the quote includes a checked bag. The cache stores a price and a carrier, not a fare family. On CMN–MAD that matters most where a low-cost carrier or a basic-economy bucket is in the mix, because the cheapest screen number and the cheapest all-in number are then two different itineraries. Compare after adding the bag you will actually carry.
Delay and cancellation rights on CMN–MAD
€250 is the EU261 band for CMN–MAD, because the corridor measures 869 km (1,500 km or less). It is payable on every departure from Madrid (MAD) whoever operates the flight, and on the leg arriving from Casablanca only when the operating carrier is EU/EEA-licensed.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| EU261 | Any departure from an EU/EEA airport (CDG, FRA, AMS, BRU, LIS, MAD, ATH), any airline. | €250 (≤1,500 km), €400 (1,500–3,500 km) or €600 (>3,500 km) for a 3 h+ arrival delay or a cancellation within the airline’s control, plus meals and a hotel where needed. |
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
What does not apply matters as much as what does, because claim-management services will happily open a file either way. On CMN–MAD: US DOT rules are irrelevant here, and would only ever cover refunds rather than compensation even if they applied and UK261 does not apply, since no leg touches a UK airport. Filing under a scheme that does not cover your itinerary costs weeks and gets a rejection, so match the regulation to the departure airport and the operating carrier before you start.
CMN–MAD fare history — 2026-W20 to 2026-W29
6 weekly readings between 2026-W20 and 2026-W29 put the cached CMN–MAD low between $105 and $130 — a $25 spread, 24% of the cheapest reading. The cheapest reading is also the last one in this table, 2026-W29. Each row is one weekly snapshot of the cheapest published quote, not an average of everything sold that week.
| ISO week | Cached low (USD) | Carrier on the quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-W20 | $106 | VY |
| 2026-W23 | $130 | YW |
| 2026-W24 | $122 | YW |
| 2026-W25 | $118 | IB |
| 2026-W27 | $106 | IB |
| 2026-W29 | $105 | IB |
The cached low was effectively flat end to end — $106 at the start of the window against $105 at the end. Read it with the sample size in front of you: 6 observations over a ten-week window is a signal about this corridor’s volatility, not a forecast. What it does establish is a defensible floor — you now know $105 was achievable on CMN–MAD inside the window, so a quote well above $130 is worth a second search.
Carriers behind the readings: IB, VY and YW, with the $105 low attributed to IB. Where a row shows a dash the gate returned no carrier code with the quote, which usually means a multi-carrier or agency-issued itinerary. Do not read a carrier name here as that airline’s own published fare — it is the marketing carrier on the cheapest itinerary a gate had loaded that week.
Search live fares
21 weekly departures across 2 carriers mean a live CMN–MAD search returns several price points for the same day; our weekly fare log has recorded readings as low as $105 (see the dated history on this page). Scheduled nonstop block time is 1.5 hours, so any result far above that is connecting whatever the screen says.
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Three checks make a live CMN–MAD result comparable. Fix the passenger count and cabin first, because a per-passenger fare and a party total look identical on a results page. Then read the elapsed time next to the price — a one-stop itinerary and the 1.5-hour nonstop are different products at the same number. Then check whether the fare carries the bag you are actually taking.
Flexible dates are the highest-leverage setting on this corridor. Our own cache shows month-to-month movement on CMN–MAD that dwarfs the difference between booking gates, so one search across a whole month tells you more than five searches on a single date. Where the dates cannot move — a pilgrimage window, a school term, a contract start — book earlier instead of searching harder.
About Madrid
1 catalogued corridor in this site’s data reach Madrid (MAD), Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas, ICAO LEMD, from 1 catalogued origin and 2 carriers in total. That count is this site’s coverage of Madrid, not the airport’s published schedule. Each of those corridors has its own guide with carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time and whatever the fare cache holds.
Madrid is the capital of Spain, a city of great museums, historic squares and intense urban life, home to a large, long-established Moroccan community. For travellers from Casablanca it is a family-visit, business and tourist destination, and a gateway to the rest of Spain and Europe.
Madrid is a based hub for IB. A hub airport behaves differently from an outstation: connecting banks are built around it, spare aircraft and crew sit there, and a disruption is far more likely to be recovered the same day. It also means the hub carrier usually sets the price on routes into MAD, and competitors price against it rather than the other way round.
FAQ
Which airlines fly Casablanca to Madrid? Direct CMN-MAD flights are operated by Royal Air Maroc, IB. Compare baggage baseline and alliance in the carrier table above.
How long is the CMN-MAD flight and how often does it run? Block time is about 1.5 hours. The CMN-MAD route runs roughly 21 flights per week across all carriers.
How much does a CMN-MAD flight cost and when is it cheapest? Our rough planning range is $500-1,500 USD (an editorial estimate, not an observed fare); the fare observation on this page shows what our weekly snapshot recorded and when. Book 8-14 weeks ahead for UK/US diaspora corridors; school-holiday and December peaks add 30-60%.
What is the checked baggage allowance on CMN-MAD? It varies by carrier and fare class — see the baggage-baseline column in the carrier table above. Full-service carriers usually include 23-30 kg, while low-cost carriers sell it as an add-on. Confirm on the airline’s site before booking. Diaspora travellers should check each carrier’s extra-baggage uplift.
What currency is used in Madrid? Madrid uses USD. Fares in this guide are quoted in USD; budget on-the-ground spending in USD.
Related routes and reading
- Casablanca airport (CMN) — Mohammed V International, Morocco: 17 catalogued departure corridors and 0 arrival corridors.
- Madrid airport (MAD) — Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas, Spain: 0 catalogued departure corridors and 1 arrival corridor.
Where this page covers one corridor, the linked airport guides cover the field: the full catalogued route list, based hub carriers, alliance mix and the compensation regime that applies there. Both CMN and MAD are linked deliberately, because departure airport and operating carrier — not destination — decide which rules cover a delay.