Air Algérie

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Air Algérie

IATA AH	ICAO DAH	Callsign AIR ALGERIE
Founded		1947
Hubs		Houari Boumedienne Airport Oran Es Senia Airport
Focus cities		Rabah Bitat Airport Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Dziria (july 2007)
Member lounge		Departures Lounge
Alliance		SkyTeam ^{(Joining Late 2007)}
Fleet size		51
Destinations		72
Parent company		Air Algerie Groupe
Headquarters		Algiers, Algeria
Key people		Mohamed Tayeb Benouis , Director General (CEO since January 2006)
Website: http://www.airalgerie.dz

Air Algérie 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. 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, and charter, air taxi and agricultural flights. Air Algérie operates services from Algiers 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.

Air Algerie is in the process of becoming a member of the SkyTeam Airline alliance by late 2007. Bilateral codesharing, frequent flyer and lounge agreements with each of the SkyTeam carriers must be in placebefore it can meet the alliance's membership requirements. [2]

Air Algérie history 1987

1 History
2 Destinations
- 2.1 New Routes
3 Fleet
4 Incidents and accidents
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] About Air Algérie

Air Algérie is a joined-stock company SPA with a capital of 29,000,000,000 DA.

Air Algérie Boeing 737-800

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. It operates flights to 37 towns in 24 countries in Europe, the 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 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. the air hostes are very nice on board the plane aswell

Air Algérie Airbus A330-200

[edit] Other activities

Oil Charters
Omra and Hadj Charters carrying pilgrims to the Holy Places of Islam.
Catering Center

[edit] 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 performs the following activities:

Passenger carriage
Cargo carriage

Air Algérie delivers:

Air Algérie Airbus A330-200, Houari Boumedienne Airport

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.

[edit] Destinations

See full article: Air Algérie destinations

[edit] New Routes

Air Algérie will start non-stop service to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport from Algiers-Houari Boumedienne Airport with 2 weekly flights on Tuesdays and Fridays, using an Airbus A330-200. The flights will start on June 15, 2007.

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Passenger fleet

The Air Algérie fleet consists of the following aircraft as of October 2006:^[1]

**Air Algérie Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers (First/Business*/Economy)	Routes	Notes
Airbus A330-200	5	269 (22/42/205)	Canada (June 15, 2007), France, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates	New interiors to be installed May 2007 AVOD at all seats
Boeing 737-600	5	101 (16/85)	Domestic destinations, Italy, Libya, Luxembourg, Russia,	New interiors to be installed June 2007
Boeing 737-800	10	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	New interiors to be installed April 2007
Boeing 767-300ER	3	255 (24/32/197)	Belgium, France, United Kingdom	New interiors to be installed March 2007
ATR 72-500	8	66 (66)	All Economy Class Domestic destinations	New interiors to be installed July 2007

^{*Business Class available on select aircraft.}

^{The Air Algérie average fleet age was 8.6 years in September 2006.}

^{[edit] Cargo fleet}

Aircraft	Total	Notes
Boeing 737-200, Airbus A310-300	11	Phasing out by end of 2008 Replacement Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER

^{[edit] Retired fleet}

**Air Algérie Retired Fleet** ^[2]
Aircraft	Year Retired	Notes
Airbus A300	1980-1991
Airbus A310-200	1990-2003
Airbus A310-300	2005-2007
Airbus A320-200	1999-2005
Boeing 727-200	1969-2002
Boeing 737-200	1971-2004
Boeing 737-400	1999-2005
Boeing 747-100	1977-1985
Boeing 747-200	1977-1997
Boeing 747-300	1995-2004
Boeing 757-200	2002-2005
Boeing 767-200	2000-2005
Douglas DC-10	1977-1985
Lockheed L-1011	1982-1990
C-130 Hercules	1962-2004	Only cargo
Sud Aviation Caravelle	1962-1984
Fokker F27 Mk400M	1982-2002

Air Algerie catering

Air Algérie Boeing 767-300ER

[edit] Codeshare agreements

[edit] Incidents and accidents

Air Algérie Flight 702P (registred 7T-VEE) crashed December 21, 1994 at 09:53 a.m local time, the Boeing 737-200 Cargo plane enroute East Midlands-Coventry-Baginton crashed near 1,7 km (1.1 mls) NE of Coventry-Baginton Airport (CVT) United Kingdom, killing all 5 crew.
Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashed March 6, 2003 at 3:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT) 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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^{[citation needed]}