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| Tassili Airlines | ||
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| IATA SF |
ICAO DTH |
Callsign TASSILI AIR |
| Founded | 1997 | |
| Hubs | Oued Irara Airport | |
| Focus cities | Houari Boumedienne Airport | |
| Fleet size | 19 (+ 11 order) | |
| 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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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%). In May 2005, Air Algerie sold their shares to Sonatrach.
Destinations
- Algiers (Houari Boumedienne Airport) (Hub)
- Constantine (Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport)
- Djanet (Djanet Inedbirene Airport)
- El Golea (El Golea Airport)
- El Oued (Guemar Airport)
- Ghardaia (Noumerate Airport)
- Hassi Messaoud (Oued Irara Airport) (Hub)
- Hassi R'Mel (Hassi R'Mel Airport) (Hub)
- In Amenas (In Amenas Airport)
- In Salah (In Salah Airport)
- Oran (Oran Es Senia Airport)
- Tamanrasset (Tamanrasset Airport)
- Tebessa (Tébessa Airport)
- Touggourt (Touggourt Sidi Madhi Airport)
Fleet
The Tassili Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at September 2007):
- 3 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (1 orders)[1]
- 3 Beechcraft BE1900D
- 5 Cessna Grand caravan C208
- 5 Pilatus PC6 B2-H4
- 7 Bell Jetranger 206
- On order: 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200]]
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.
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