Air Algérie
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Air Algérie is the national airline of Algeria, based in Algiers. Air Algérie is the third-largest airline on the African continent, carrying over 3.5 million passengers a year. It now flies thirteen Next-Generation Boeing 737, making it one of the largest operators of that model type in North Africa. Currently its fleet includes four Boeing 737-600 and ten Boeing 737-800. The carrier will add another two Boeing 737-800 in August of 2006.
Air Algerie offers extensive connectivity both north and south to Europe and West Africa, as well as east to west to the Middle East, Turkey and the Gulf Region. It operates domestic and international services, as well as charter, air taxi and agricultural flights.Air Algérie operates frequent services from Algiers domestic airport (adjacent to Algiers International) to the major business centers of Annaba, Constantine and Oran. Less frequent services run from Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba to the other less important commercial centers and gateway oases such as Ghardaia and Ouargla, as well as important oil towns such as In Amenas and Hassi Messaoud.
Air Algerie is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
History
Air Algérie started life in 1947 as the Société algérienne de construction aéronautique (SACA)-Air Algérie. On May 23, 1953, it merged with the Compagnie air transport to form the Compagnie générale de transports aériens (CGTA)-Air Algérie. In 1962 the company become Air Algérie (Entreprise nationale d'exploitation des services aériens) and was nationalised in 1972. It employs 8,530 staff and has a 49% holding in Tassili Airlines.Services
Air Algérie operates the following services (at July 2006):
- Domestic scheduled services: Adrar, Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béchar, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Constantine, Djanet, El Golea, El Oued, Ghardaia, Hassi Messaoud, Illizi, In Amenas, In Salah, Jijel, Oran, Ouargla, Setif, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Timimoun, Tindouf, Tlemcen and Touggourt.
- International scheduled destinations: Abidjan, Agadez, Alicante, Amman, Bamako, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Beirut, Berlin (Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport), Bordeaux, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Dakar, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, İstanbul, Jeddah, Lille, London, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Milan ,Moscow ,Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Paris, Rome, Sharjah, Toulouse, Tripoli, Tunis and Montreal.
New Routes
It will inaugurate nonstop service Constantine-Grenoble (France) on Jun 2006. It will operate 1 flight a week on Monday using a Boeing 737-800.
Fleet
The Air Algérie fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):
- 2 Airbus A310-300
- 1 Airbus A321-200
- 5 Airbus A330-200
- 2 Boeing 727-200
- 5 Boeing 737-200
- 4 Boeing 737-600
- 10 Boeing 737-800
- 1 Boeing 747-200
- 3 Boeing 767-300
- 2 Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- 5 ATR 72-500
- 7 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- 2 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
Air Algérie average fleet age is 8.9 years old in July 2006.
Incidents & Accidents
The wing of a Boeing 737-600 (registered 7T-VJQ) en route Oran-Seville hit the runway while landing at Seville on March 18,2006 following the collapse of the right main landing gear.[Air Algérie Flight 6289] crashed 6 March 2003 at 3:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT) as a result of engine failure shortly upon takeoff from southern Algerian city of [Tamanrasset] for a scheduled passenger flight to the Algerian capital [Algiers]. 97 passengers and 6 crew members died in this accident, and only one passenger survived.
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