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Air Algérie (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية; transliterated: al-Khutut al-Jawiyah al-Jazaa-iriyah) is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria. Based in Algiers, the airline is the third-largest in Africa, 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. Another 2 Boeing 737-800 joined the fleet in August 2006. Air Algerie offers flights to Europe and West Africa, as well as the Middle East and the Gulf Region. It operates domestic and international services, as well as charter, air taxi and agricultural flights. Air Algérie operates services from Algiers domestic airport (adjacent to Algiers International) to the major business centers of Annaba, Constantine and Oran. Services also fly from Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba, to 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.
History Air Algérie was founded 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. Air Algerie is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. About Air Algérie Air Algérie is a joined-stock company SPA with a capital of 29,000,000,000 DA. Air Algérie covers a network of 96,000 km. More than 3,000,000 passengers and nearly 20,000 tonnes of cargo are carried every year by the Company on international network as well as on the domestic network. Air Algérie operates flights to 37 towns in 24 countries in Europe, Middle East, Maghreb, and Africa. The international network is supported by a domestic network which connects 31 towns. In 2003, the number of daily flights in peak periods reached 120 flights . Air Algérie has generated almost five billion available seat-kilometres (ASK) and performed 3.3 billion revenu passenger- kilometre (RPK) . The sales network is composed of 150 agencies in Algeria and abroad, linked to the booking system and distributed through GDS to which Air Algérie has subscribed. Additional activities Organization Air Algérie is a joint stock company. The shares are totally owned by the Algerian state. Its Board of Directors is headed by Mr M’hamed Tayeb Benouis, Chairman and Managing Director of Air Algérie. Air Algérie is in charge of the following activities: Destinations See full article: Air Algérie destinations New routes The airline inaugurated a nonstop service from Constantine, Algeria to Grenoble, France in June 2006. It now operates 1 weekly flight on Mondays using a Boeing 737-800. It is also planned that the airline will inaugurate nonstop service from Algiers Houari Boumedienne Airport to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Beijing International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport starting in 2007. The flights will be operated by an Airbus A330-200. The airline inaugurated a nonstop service from Setif Ain Arnat Airport to Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport in 8 may 2007. The flight using a Boeing 737-800 of 149 place. Fleet The Air Algérie fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2006): The Air Algerie average fleet age is 8.6 years in September 2006. Fleet Cargo October 2006 Incidents and accidents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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