Air Algérie

Air Algérie الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية
IATA code :	AH
ICAO code :	DAH
Call sign :	AIR ALGERIE
Founding:	1947
Seat:	Algiers , Algeria
Turnstile :	Algiers airport
Home airport :	Algiers airport
IATA prefix code :	124
Management:	Abdelwahid Bouabdallah ( CEO )
Number of employees:	8530
Frequent Flyer Program :	Air Algérie Plus
Fleet size:	55
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.airalgerie.dz

Air Algérie ( Arabic الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, DMG al-ḫuṭūṭ al-ǧawwiyya al-ǧazāʾiriyya ) is an Algerian airline based in Algiers and based at Algiers Airport .

history

Air Algérie headquarters in Algiers

Air Algérie was founded in 1947 as Société Algérienne de Construction Aéronautique - Air Algérie . The company now holds 49% of Tassili Airlines . Extensive modernization work on the fleet, including new cabins, with a total volume of 400 million euros has been announced for 2011.

Destinations

In addition to numerous national and North African connections, Air Algérie serves a number of international destinations in Europe , Asia and North America . In German-speaking countries are Frankfurt , Geneva and Vienna served.

Code sharing

Air Algérie has codeshare agreements with Air Canada , Air China , Alitalia , Korean Air and Turkish Airlines, among others .

fleet

Air Algérie Boeing 737-800

ATR 72-600 from Air Algérie

As of March 2020, the Air Algérie fleet consists of 55 aircraft with an average age of 12.1 years:

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A330-200	8th			251 263
ATR 72-500	12			66
ATR 72-600	3			68
Boeing 737-600	5			101
Boeing 737-700C	2		all with winglets fitted	112
Boeing 737-800	24		all equipped with winglets	148/162
Boeing 737-800BCF	1		Cargo plane	Cargo
total	55	-

Incidents

From its establishment in 1947 to October 2017, Air Algérie suffered 19 total aircraft losses. In 8 of them, 309 people were killed. Examples:

• On October 30, 1951, the right landing gear of a Sud-Ouest Bretagne owned by Air Algérie ( aircraft registration F-OAIY ) suddenly collapsed during take-off at Paris-Orly airport . The plane skid and caught fire. It was destroyed, but all 4 crew members and 30 passengers survived.

• On May 19, 1960, a Sud Aviation Caravelle of Air Algérie collided on a flight from Algiers to Paris and a Stampe & Vertongen SV-4 , killing 2 people and seriously damaging the Caravelle (see also Air Algérie accident near Paris ) .

• On July 26, 1969, a fire broke out in the electrical room of a Sud Aviation Caravelle 6N of Air Algérie (7T-VAK) during a charter flight from Marseille to Hassi Messaoud ( Algeria ). The pilots tried to reach Biskra airport for an emergency landing. However, the plane crashed in flames while approaching Ain Naga, 45 kilometers east-southeast of Biskra. Of the 37 occupants, only 4 crew members survived. All 30 passengers and 3 of the crew members were killed.

• On September 23, 1973, an Air Algérie (7T-VAI) Caravelle III was irreparably damaged in a landing accident at Algiers airport ( Algeria ). There were no fatalities.

• On May 2, 1976 was Convair CV-640 of Air Algérie (7T-VAH) on the airport Djanet Inedbirene ( Algeria damaged) beyond repair. Further details are not known. People were not harmed.

• On January 24, 1979 a Nord 262A-44 of Air Algérie (7T-VSU) was flown into the ground on the approach to Bechar airport 15 kilometers from the destination. While the three-man crew survived, 14 of the 20 passengers were killed.

• On August 1, 1989, it came with a Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules Air Algérie (7T-VKM) at the airport Tamanrasset Aguenar ( Algeria ) to a very hard landing, which in a Ringelpiez ended. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members survived.

• On December 21, 1994, a Boeing 737-200F with the registration number 7T-VEE crashed on the way from East Midlands Airport shortly before landing in Coventry , whereby all five crew members died on board (see also Air-Algérie flight 702P ) .

• On March 6, 2003, a Boeing 737-200 with the aircraft registration 7T-VEZ had an accident on the flight from Tamanrasset to Algiers due to an engine failure shortly after take-off. Of the 103 people on board, only one passenger survived the accident (see also Air Algérie flight 6289 ) .

• On August 13, 2006, a Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules with the aircraft registration 7T-VHG crashed on the way from Algiers to Frankfurt near the Italian city of Piacenza after a loss of control following the failure of the autopilot. The 3 crew members did not survive the accident (see also Air Algérie flight 2208 ) .

• On July 24, 2014, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 leased by the Spanish airline Swiftair with the aircraft registration EC-LTV crashed on the flight from Ouagadougou to Algiers about 70 kilometers from the city of Gao in Mali . At the time of the crash, there were severe thunderstorms in the region. There were 110 passengers and six crew members on board (see also Air Algérie flight 5017 ) .

See also

• List of airlines

literature

• Maurice Wickstead: On Algerian Wings. In: Airliner World , January 2020, pp. 58–66

Web links

Commons : Air Algérie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Air Algérie website (French, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ el-annabi.com - Air Algérie: 400 millions d'euros pour renouveler sa flotte en 2011 (French) accessed on November 14, 2010
2. ↑ Destinations of the Air Algérie (English) accessed on March 10, 2018
3. ^ Air Algérie Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Accident statistics Air Algérie , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
5. ↑ accident report SO.30 Brittany F-Òàíÿ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 10 November 2017th
6. ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 105 (English), December 2007, pp. 2007/191.
7. ↑ Accident report Caravelle 6N 7T-VAK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020: Information is partially incorrect.
8. ^ Accident report Caravelle III 7T-VAI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.
9. ^ Accident report CV-640 7T-VAH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 3, 2020.
10. ^ Accident report North 262 7T-VSU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2018.
11. ↑ Accident report L-100-30 Hercules 7T-VHK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 9, 2020.
12. ^ Accident report B-737-200 7T-VEE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 10, 2017.
13. ^ Accident report B-737-200 7T-VEZ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 10, 2017.
14. ^ Accident report L-100-30 Hercules 7T-VHG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 10, 2017.
15. ↑ accident report DC-9-83 EC-LTV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 10 November 2017th