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Tassili Airlines

IATA SF ICAO DTH Callsign TASSILI
Founded	1997
Hubs	Houari Boumedienne Airport
Fleet size	27 (4 for scheduled flights)
Destinations	4
Parent company	Sonatrach SpA
Headquarters	Algiers, Algeria
Key people	Hocine Chekired
Website	http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/

Tassili Airlines is a passenger airline based in Algiers, Algeria. It provides scheduled domestic services and as transport for workers to oil fields in Algeria. Its main base is Houari Boumedienne Airport.

[edit] History

Tassili Airlines was established in 1997 and started operations on 8 April 1999 with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers. Initially it was a joint venture between Air Algerie (49%) and Sonatrach (51%). Sonatrach finish acquiring 100% of the company in 2005.

[edit] Scheduled Destinations

• Algeria
  • Algiers (Houari Boumedienne Airport)
  • Constantine (Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport)
  • Ghardaïa (Noumérat - Moufdi Zakaria Airport)
  • Oran (Oran Es Sénia Airport)

[edit] Fleet

The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 7 July 2009) [2][3]:

[edit] Passenger

The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2009^[1]

The U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing has won the largest contract before its competitors Airbus and Bombardier. The contract was awarded by Tassili Airlines, the airline, a 100% subsidiary of Sonatrach, after a bid opening for the commercial offers organized yesterday. This is the provision of 4 Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a capacity of 150 seats, amounting to 228.49 million. The Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is the second winner of this selection to Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier. It will provide 3 Tassili Airlines ERJ aircraft with a capacity of 100 seats for a total of 104.68 million. The latter consists of 2 aircraft with a capacity of 70 seats was declared unsuccessful. Embraer and Bombardier disputed contract. The chairman of the committee responsible for organizing the opening of bids has explained that the bids of competitors did not meet the specifications required by Tassili Airlines (Tal). Delivery times are set between 18 and 30 months from the date of signing the contract. For modules of 150 seats in particular, the delays are between 18 and 24 months. In general, the aircraft will be delivered in 2012.[4]

[edit] Cargo

The 7 Bell 206 and 5 Pilatus PC-6 are used for other aircraft for its subsidiary Tassili Agroaérien.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tassili Airlines