Air Algérie
Air Algérie |
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IATA
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ICAO
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Callsign
AIR ALGERIE |
Founded |
1947 |
Hubs |
Houari Boumedienne Airport |
Secondary hubs |
Oran Es Senia Airport |
Focus cities |
Orly Airport |
Frequent flyer program |
Air Algerie Plus |
Member lounge |
Departure lounge |
Fleet size |
33 |
Destinations |
74 |
Parent company |
Air Algérie Group |
Company slogan |
"Air Algerie the wings of Algeria" ("Air Algérie les ailes de l'Algérie") |
Headquarters |
Algiers, Algeria |
Key people |
Abdelwahid Bouabdallah (Director General and CEO) |
Website: http://www.airalgerie.dz |
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800 landing
Air Algérie SpA (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية) is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria. Based in Algiers, the airline flies 13 Next-Generation Boeing 737s. Air Algérie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East. It operates domestic services to 32 airports.
Air Algérie is in the process of becoming a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance by late 2008 or 2009. Bilateral codesharing, frequent flyer and lounge agreements with each of the SkyTeam carriers must be in place before it can meet the alliance's membership requirements. [1]
Air Algérie was the first air carrier in Africa to use electronic ticketing, with the elimination of the paper ticket.
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. Following independence from France in 1962 the company become Air Algérie (Entreprise Nationale d'exploitation des Services Aériens). In 1963 the Algerian government took possession of 51% of the company assets, increasing its stake to 83% in 1970 and to 100% and nationalisation in 1974, after acquisition of the remaining 17% stake held by Air France. It employs 9,775 staff (at March 2007)[2]. Air Algerie is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
Air Algérie is a joint-stock company SPA with a capital of 29,000,000,000 DA. The airline covers a network of 96,000 km. More than 3,000,000 passengers and nearly 20,000 tonnes of cargo are carried every year. In 2003, the number of daily flights in peak periods was 120. Air Algérie has generated almost five billion available seat-kilometres and performed 3.3 billion revenue passenger- kilometres. The sales network comprises 150 agencies in Algeria and abroad, linked to the booking system and distributed through GDS to which Air Algérie has subscribed.
Organization
Air Algérie is a joint stock company. The shares are totally owned by the Algerian state. Its Board of Directors is headed by Abdelwahid Bouabdallah, Chairman and Managing Director.
Air Algérie performs the following activities:
- Passenger carriage
- Cargo carriage
Air Algérie services include:
- Air transport functions such as flight operations, maintenance, transport and commercial functions.
- Supporting activities such as logistics and catering , as well as the coordinating activities such as finance, personnel management, legal affairs, computers and telecommunications.
- Charter services in support of oil exploration and the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Its main base is Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algiers[2].
Destinations
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Main article: Air Algérie destinations
Fleet
Passenger
The Air Algérie fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2008): [1][3]
Air Algérie Fleet
Aircraft |
Total |
Passengers
(First/Business/Economy) |
Routes |
Notes |
Airbus A330-200 |
5 |
239 (12/32/195) |
Montreal, Beijing [begins February 22], France, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran, South Africa, |
New interiors
AVOD in 2008-2009 |
ATR 72-500 |
6 |
66 (66) |
Domestic destinations |
All Economy Class |
Boeing 737-600 |
5 |
101 (16/85) |
Domestic destinations, Italy, Libya, Russia, |
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Boeing 737-800 |
12
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144 (24/120)
162 (48/114) |
Domestic destinations, Belgium, Burkina Faso, France, Germany,
Italy, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Spain
Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom |
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Boeing 767-300 |
3 |
235 (14/22/197) |
Egypt, France, Morocco, Syria |
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The airline foresees reaching 50 long-haul aircraft by 2025. [2]
Cargo
Retired
Codeshare agreements
Incidents and accidents
- Air Algérie Flight 702P (7T-VEE) crashed December 21, 1994. The Boeing 737-200 cargo plane en route from East Midlands to Coventry-Baginton crashed 1,7 km (1.1 mls) north east of Coventry-Baginton Airport, England, killing all five crew.
- Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed March 6, 2003 following engine failure shortly after takeoff from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset for a scheduled passenger flight to the Algerian capital Algiers. 97 passengers and 6 crew members died, 1 passenger survived.
- On August 13, 2006, an Air Algerie Lockheed Hercules cargo plane enroute Algiers-Frankfurt crashed near Piacenza, Italy, while in the vicinity of thunderstorms, killing all 3 crew.
References
External links
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