Tassili Airlines

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Tassili Airlines
IATA
SF		 ICAO
DTH		 Callsign
TASSILI AIR
Founded 1997
Hubs Oued Irara Airport
Focus cities Houari Boumedienne Airport
Fleet size 5 (+3 orders)
Destinations 15
Parent company Sonatrach SpA
Headquarters Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
Key people Chakib Khelil

Tassili Airlines is a passenger airline based in Algiers, Algeria. It provides transport for workers to oil fields in Algeria. Its main base is Houari Boumedienne Airport (ALG), Algiers with other bases at Oued Irara Airport (HME), Hassi Messaoud and Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM).

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[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%).

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Planned routes

[edit] Fleet

The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of May 2008:

Tassili Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Premium Business/Tourist)		 Routes Notes
Airbus A318-100 (3 orders) Domestic routes Deliveries: 2009
Airbus A319-100 (3 orders) Europe and North Africa Deliveries: 2009
Airbus A320-200 (6 orders) 156 (16/120) Domestic routes, Europe and North Africa Deliveries: 2009-2010
Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 (4 orders)[1] Domestic routes Deliveries: 2008
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 4
[2]		 77 (77) Domestic routes

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On 28 January 2004 the Sonatrach company chartered a Tassili Airlines' Beechcraft 1900D to fly two employees from the oil fields near the Algerian Sahara town of Hassi R'Mel to Ghardaia. The Beech took off and arrived near Ghardaia twenty minutes later. The pilot carried out a visual approach to the field but he had to go around because another plane which had just arrived from Djanet, was still on the runway. While maneuvering for another approach, the aircraft contacted the ground. The aircraft sustained serious damage, the right wing was torn off. The five occupants survived the impact, but the co-pilot died a day later of his injuries.[citation needed]

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