Air Algérie
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Air Algérie is the national airline of Algeria, based in Algiers. It operates domestic and international services, as well as charter, air taxi and agricultural flights.
Air Algerie is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
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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 January 2005):
- 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, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Dakar, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, İstanbul, Lille, London, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Paris, Rome, Sharjah, Toulouse, Tripoli and Tunis.
Fleet
The Air Algérie fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005):
- 5 Airbus A330-200
- 1 Airbus A330-300
- 2 Airbus A310-200
- 1 Airbus A320-200
- 8 Boeing 737-200
- 1 Boeing 737-400
- 5 Boeing 737-600
- 8 Boeing 737-800 (further 1 on order)
- 3 Boeing 767-300
- 1 Boeing 757-200
- 5 ATR 72-500
- 7 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- 2 Raytheon Beech King Air 100
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