Rachid Oukali, President of the CHAN Organizing Committee, implied that there will be no direct flight from Rabat to Constantine to enable the Moroccan team to participate in the African Nations Championship for U23 (CHAN 2023).
Oukali said that Algeria is not obliged to make such arrangements to ensure the teams’ travel from abroad. This is possible only on the Algerian territory. He added that there are no clauses stipulating that the teams should be provided with a direct flight.
He highlighted that most countries in the continent will make stopovers, and nothing exceptional is planned for any country or team.
The statement by Rachid Oukali was a reaction to Fouzi Lakjaa’s call for opening Algeria’s airspace and allowing the Moroccan plane to land at Constantine airport via a direct flight.