Flights between Morocco and Europe are shared by two kinds of airline, and the difference shows first in the cabin. Royal Air Maroc, Air Arabia, Air France and Iberia include a cabin bag in their standard economy fare. Ryanair, Transavia, Vueling, easyJet, Volotea, TUI fly Belgium and TUI fly Netherlands include only a smaller personal bag, and sell the larger cabin bag as an extra.
Who includes what on the standard fare
Royal Air Maroc gives each bag its own weight: a 55 × 40 × 25 cm cabin bag of up to 10 kg, plus a 40 × 30 × 15 cm personal item of up to 2 kg, so 12 kg in all. Air Arabia, whose rules also cover Air Arabia Maroc, allows a 55 × 40 × 20 cm bag of 7 kg and a 25 × 33 × 20 cm personal item of 3 kg, within a 10 kg total that also counts duty-free purchases. Air France includes a 55 × 35 × 25 cm cabin bag and a personal item, with 12 kg for the two together. Iberia includes a 56 × 40 × 25 cm bag of 10 kg.
On the low-cost side, the free bag is 40 × 30 × 20 cm at Ryanair, Transavia, Vueling, Volotea and both TUI fly airlines, and 45 × 36 × 20 cm at easyJet, the largest free personal bag on the route, with up to 15 kg.
The narrowest box on the route
Air France sets the narrowest cabin bag: 35 cm wide, 5 cm less than the 40 cm of Royal Air Maroc, Iberia and most low-cost airlines. A case that is fine on Royal Air Maroc can therefore be too wide for Air France on the same trip. Depth works the other way: Royal Air Maroc, Air France, Iberia, Transavia, easyJet and Volotea accept 25 cm, while Ryanair, Vueling, Air Arabia and the TUI fly airlines stop at 20 cm, even for a paid bag.
Weight is shared on several airlines
On Transavia and Volotea, the under-seat bag and the paid cabin bag share one 10 kg limit, so a heavy backpack leaves less for the case. Air Arabia counts both bags and shopping in its 10 kg, and Air France counts both bags in its 12 kg. Royal Air Maroc and Iberia give the cabin bag its own weight.
What a paid cabin bag costs on Volotea
Volotea publishes its price ladder: Priority Boarding, which brings the cabin bag, starts from 9 euros when you book, while a cabin bag brought to the gate without it costs 65 euros per flight. Vueling also says that adding its overhead-bin bag in advance costs less than at the airport.
One bag for the whole corridor
If you fly out on one airline and back on another, the figures below give the largest bag that every one of the eleven accepts. A soft bag within those sides, packed to the lowest weight, is the safest choice when you have not yet booked the return.