Tassili Airlines
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| Founded | 1997 | |||
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| Operating bases | Houari Boumedienne Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 11 | |||
| Destinations | 4 (scheduled) | |||
| Company slogan | "We join the skies" ("Unissons les cieux") | |||
| Parent company | Sonatrach SpA | |||
| Headquarters | Algiers, Algeria | |||
| Key people | Hocine Chekired | |||
| Website | www.tassiliairlines.dz | |||
Tassili Airlines (Arabic: طيران الطاسيلي) is a passenger airline based in Algiers, Algeria.[1] It provides scheduled domestic services out of Houari Boumedienne Airport, as well as charter flights on behalf of the Algerian oil industry.
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[edit] History
Tassili Airlines was established in 1997 as a joint venture between Air Algérie (49%) and the Sonatrach company (51%). Commercial services were launched on 8 April 1999 with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers. In 2005 Air Algérie withdrew its funds in the airline, which thus became wholly owned by Sonatrach.
[edit] Scheduled destinations
As of spring 2011, Tassili Airlines offers domestic scheduled flights to the following destinations:[2]
- Algiers - Houari Boumedienne Airport (base)
- Constantine - Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport
- Ghardaïa - Noumérat - Moufdi Zakaria Airport
- Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara Airport
- Hassi R'Mel - Hassi R'Mel Airport
- Oran - Oran Es Sénia Airport
- Tamanrasset - Tamanrasset Airport
Additionally, the airline operates an extensive network of on-demand corporate charter flights.
[edit] Fleet
As of April 2011, the Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 2.6 years:[3]
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| Bombardier Dash 8-Q200 |
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| Embraer E-190 |
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Additionally, the airline owns several smaller aircraft of the types Beechcraft 1900, Cessna 208 Caravan and Pilatus PC-6, as well as Bell 206 helicopters.[4]
[edit] Incidents and Accidents
- On 28 January 2004 at around 21:00 local time, a Tassili Airlines Beechcraft 1900 (registered 7T-VIN) crashed 10 kilometres short of Ghardaïa Airport were it had been scheduled to land completing a chartered flight from Hassi R'Mel Airport. The pilot had had to abort the landing approach because a preceding aircraft had not cleared the runway in time. During maneuvering for reaching the approach path again, the aircraft hit the ground with its right wing, which was subsequently torn off. Of the two passengers and three crew members on board, all but the co-pilot survived the crash.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Nous contacter." Tassili Airlines. Retrieved on 9 January 2011. "Route de Sidi Moussa BP 319 Dar El Beïda - Alger - Algérie"
- ^ [Tassili Airlines online booking engine at www.tassiliairlines.dz]
- ^ Tassili Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
- ^ Tassili Airlines fleet information at tassiliairlines.dz
- ^ Tassili Airlines 2004 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Official website (Archive)
