Air Algérie
Template:Short description Template:Infobox airline
Air Algérie SpA<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration) is the flag carrier of Algeria,<ref name="UPDATE 2-Air Algerie signs deals to buy Airbus, Boeing jets" /> with its head office in the El-Djazair office block in Algiers.<ref>"Our Branches Template:Webarchive." Air Algérie. Retrieved on 10 February 2011. English: "HeadQuarters Address AIR ALGÉRIE 1, PLACE MAURICE AUDIN ALGER- ALGÉRIE" French: "Direction Générale SIÉGE social AIR ALGÉRIE 1, PLACE MAURICE AUDIN ALGER- ALGÉRIE"</ref><ref>"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 30 March 1985. 33 Template:Webarchive." Retrieved on 17 June 2009. "Head Office: 1 Place Maurice Audin, Immeuble El-Djazair, Algiers, Algeria."</ref> With flights operating mostly from Houari Boumedienne Airport in Algiers and Ahmed Ben Bella Airport in Oran, Air Algérie operates scheduled services to 33 domestic destinations in Algeria and 42 international destinations in 28 countries across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Template:As of, Air Algérie was 100% owned by the Government of Algeria.
History
Formation and early years
Template:Multiple image In 1946, Compagnie Générale de Transports Aériens (CGTA) was established. It started operating flights between Algeria and Europe on a charter basis in 1947. However, by the end of the decade, CGTA was operating scheduled flights serving Algiers, Basel, Bône, Geneva, Marseille, Paris, Philippeville, and Toulouse.Template:Sfnp In 1952, three 34-seater Bretagnes joined a fleet of seven DC-3s.Template:Sfnp Meanwhile, Compagnie Air Transport (CAT), a subsidiary of Air France and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, had been formed in the late 1940s to connect Basel, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, and Toulouse with Algiers, Constantine, and Oran. Seasonal London–Deauville, and London–Le Touquet flights were also undertaken. Following a drop in traffic after 1951, a merging partner was under consideration.Template:Sfnp
CGTA, and CAT merged on 23 May 1953 to form the Compagnie Générale de Transports Aériens Air Algérie,Template:Sfnp<ref name="Flight1959-541"/> with a combined fleet that included one Breguet 761, six Bretagnes, five DC-3s, and three DC-4s.<ref name="Flight1953-468"/> Following the merger, Air Algérie commenced seasonal services to Ajaccio, Clermont, Montpellier, and Perpignan. Furthermore, Switzerland was added to the regular schedule, a stop at Palma was performed on a weekly basis in partnership with Aviaco, and most of the trans-Mediterranean routes were operated in a pool agreement with Air France, with the French carrier flying 54% of these services, and the remainder was left for Air Algérie. Flights to the Cote d'Azur were added in the late 1950s.Template:Sfnp
Two Noratlas aircraft were acquired in July 1957, with a third entering the fleet in Template:MONTHNAME the following year. In addition, it became the first private French carrier to order the Caravelle in early 1958,<ref name="Flight1958-365"/> the first of which was handed over by the manufacturer in January 1960.<ref name="Flight1960-187"/><ref name="Flight1960-163"/> Following delivery, the aircraft was deployed on the Algiers–Paris route.<ref name="Flight1960-187"/><ref name="Flight1960-163" /> The type was also used to fly Paris–Bône and Paris–Oran services in the subsequent months.<ref name="Flight1960-496"/> By April 1960, Air Algérie's fleet consisted of three Caravelles, three DC-3s, ten DC-4s, two Lockheed L-749 Constellations, and three Noratlases.<ref name="Flight1960-496"/> The Caravelles were gradually deployed on the routes previously flown with the Constellations and the DC-4s, which were used for cargo services or sold.Template:Sfnp
Algerian independence
Two shipping companies, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, and Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, were the owners of a majority stake (98%) in Air Algérie until Algeria gained its independence in 1962.<ref name="FI1968-515"/><ref name="FI1966-933"/>Template:Rp Following independence, the Délégation Générale in Algeria and Air France took over a controlling interest.<ref name="FI1966-933"/>Template:Rp The financial structure changed in March 1963, when the shipping companies and Air France ceded a 31% interest,<ref name="FI1966-933"/>Template:Rp and the Algerian government took possession of 51% of the company assets, with the airline gaining flag carrier status.<ref name="The Arab airlines' challenge"/>Template:Rp In April 1964, the government increased the participation in the airline to 57%.<ref name="FI1964-465" /> That month, a contract was signed for the acquisition of two Ilyushin Il-18s aimed at operating the Algiers–Moscow service.Template:Sfnp<ref name="FI1964-747" /> Air Algérie took delivery of just one of these aircraft, as the contract was later cancelled. The sole Il-18 in the fleet was used by the government.Template:Sfnp There were eight DC-4s in the airline's fleet by April 1968.<ref name="FI1968-515" /> That year, four ex-Lufthansa Convair 440s were bought and converted to the 640 version. These aircraft came to replace the ageing DC-4s. Charter operations made up to 20% of the airline activities.Template:Sfnp
By March 1970, the government was the owner of 83% of the company; at this time, a Boeing 737-200, five Caravelles, four CV-640s, three DC-3s and one DC-4 were part of the fleet.<ref name="FI1970-467" /> Société de Travail Aérien, a domestic carrier that had been founded in 1968, was taken over by Air Algérie in May 1972.<ref name="FI1975-267"/><ref name="FI1974-213"/> In Template:MONTHNAME, three Fokker F27-400s were ordered for £2.5 million.<ref name="FI1972-267" /> In Template:MONTHNAME, with a second Boeing 737 pending delivery, two more aircraft of the type —one of them a convertible model— were ordered.<ref name="FI1972-383" /> That year, the government of Algeria boosted its participation in the carrier to 100% when it acquired the remaining 17.74% stake held by Air France.<ref name="FI1973-433" /> A new route to Karachi was inaugurated in 1975.Template:Sfnp In November 1979, four Boeing 727s were ordered in a deal worth Template:US$ million.<ref name="FI1979-1551" />
By July 1980, Air Algérie had 5,621 employees and a fleet comprising 57 aircraft, including 14 Ag-Cats, six Boeing 727-200s, ten Boeing 737-200s, three Boeing 737-200Cs, one Boeing 747-200C, one Cherokee Six, two Convair CV-640s, one Douglas DC-8-63CF, one Nord 262 and 18 Queen Airs; at this time, the company offered international scheduled services to Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Libya, Romania, Spain, the UK, the USSR and Switzerland, among other countries, as well as an extensive domestic network.<ref name="FI1980-271"/> In January 1981, the carrier ordered three Lockheed L-100-30s;<ref name="FI1981-211"/><ref group="nb">The carrier had previously operated the type, on lease from Southern Air Transport.<ref name="FI1981-1393" /></ref> by late Template:MONTHNAME the same year, the first of these aircraft was due to be delivered.<ref name="FI1981-1992" /> In November 1981, a Boeing 727-200 and a Boeing 737-200 were acquired.<ref name="FI1981-1541"/> Three Boeing 737-200s were ordered for Template:US$ million in 1983.<ref name="FI1983-982"/> Air Algérie became Airbus' 48th customer when it placed an order for two Airbus A310s in 1984.<ref name="FI1984-1532"/> That year, a subsidiary called Inter Air Services (IAS) (Template:Langx), an airline that flew domestic and regional services using Fokker F-27 aircraft, was formed.Template:Sfnp The IAS network was operated on Air Algéries's behalf, and at March 1985 included Adrar, Algiers, Bechar, Bordj B. Mokhtar, Djanet, El Golea, Ghardaia, Hassi Messaoud, Illizi, In Amenas, In Salah, Oran, Ouargla, Tamanrasset and Timimoun;<ref name="FI1985-86" /> by this time, Air Algérie had 6,788 employees.<ref name="FI1985-33" /> In 1989, the carrier ordered three Boeing 767-300s for Template:US$ million.<ref name="FI1989-16" />
The first Boeing 767-300 was handed over by the aircraft manufacturer in mid-1990.<ref name="FI1990-9" /> That year, the carrier entered a process of restructuring that would last until 1995,<ref name="FI1993-20" /> following years of losses that totalled Template:US$ only for 1990, with debts rising to Template:US$ million after a devaluation of the local currency.<ref name="FI1991-11" /> Restructuring seemingly bore fruit, as the company made a profit of Template:US$ million in 1992.<ref name="FI1993-20" />
Air Algérie and Sonatrach created Tassili Airlines in 1998; Air Algérie's 49% shareholding in this airline was handed over to Sonatrach in 2005.<ref name="Algérie: Air Algérie se restructure" /><ref name="SONATRACH rachète les parts de AIR ALGERIE dans la compagnie aérienne TASSILI" />
Modernization of the company
Air Algérie became a limited company in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2006 its capital amounted to 57 billion dinars (about 560 million euros).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The sales network comprises 150 agencies in Algeria and abroad, linked to the booking system and distributed through GDS to which Air Algérie has subscribed. Air Algérie is a Joint Stock Company (J.S.C) the registered capital of which is 43.000.000.000,00 DA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 2010, Air Algérie announced an investment of €400 million to renew its fleet, to be launched in 2011.<ref name="Air Algérie : 400 millions d'euros pour renouveler sa flotte en 2011"/>
Corporate affairs
Business trends
The airline is loss-making. Its full Annual Report does not seem to be published regularly; figures disclosed for Air Algérie for recent years are shown below (for years ending 31 December):<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Year | Sales turnover (DA b) |
Operating profit (DA b) |
Net profit (DA b) |
Number of employees | Number of passengers (scheduled) (m) | Passenger load factor (%) | Cargo carried (000 tonnes)Template:Efn | Number of aircraft (at year end) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 49.4 | 2.9 | 57 | 14.7 | <ref name="about us">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="increase">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="anna.aero">Template:Cite news</ref> | ||||
| 2008 | 54.3 | 3.2 | <ref name="about us" /><ref name="increase" /> | ||||||
| 2009 | 58.1 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 8,898 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 39 | <ref name="about us" /><ref name="Accounts">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2010 | 55.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 9,502 | 3.5 | 60.5 | 13.4 | 39 | <ref name="about us" /><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2011 | 57.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 9,750 | 3.7 | 63.6 | 11.7 | 43 | <ref name="about us 2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2012 | 65.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 9,563 | 4.3 | 66.4 | 11.3 | 43 | <ref name="about us 2" /><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2013 | 69.6 | Template:Color | 1.2 | 9,469 | 4.7 | 66.4 | 15.7 | 43 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2014 | 77.6 | Template:Color | 1.4 | 9,095 | 5.2 | 63.2 | 14.9 | 44 | <ref name="anna.aero" /><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2015 | 80.6 | Template:Color | 0.1 | 8,610 | 5.5 | 69.7 | 15.3 | 54 | <ref name="anna.aero" /><ref name="Accounts" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2016 | 91.5 | Template:Color | Template:Color | 9,016 | 6.1 | 70 | 15.5 | 56 | <ref name="Accounts" /><ref name="AFRAA2017">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2017 | 96.0 | Template:Color | Template:Color | 8,768 | 6.3 | 72 | 17.7 | 58 | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AFRAA2018">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2018 | 113.6 | Template:Color | Template:Color | 8,670 | 6.6 | 74 | 20.1 | 56 | <ref name="Accounts" /><ref name="AFRAA2019">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ourfleet">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 75.1 | 17.1 | 57 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||||
| 2020 | 56Template:Efn | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||||||
| 2021 | 1.9 | 73.1 | 11.5 | 56 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||||
| 2022 | 7,945 | 4.6 | 78 | 17.9 | 58 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Ownership and subsidiaries
Air Algérie is a joint stock company, with the shares 100% owned by the Algerian state, Template:As of.<ref name="Air Algerie to spend $762 million upgrading its fleet" />
The airline has the following main subsidiaries:
- Technics Air Algérie
- Air Algérie Catering, with 2,000 employees, preparing the meals of all Air Algérie's flights departing from Algeria
- Air Algérie Cargo
- Air Algérie Handling<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The airline also provides charter services in support of oil exploration, and the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Key people
Template:As of, Hamza Benhamouda is the chief executive officer of the company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Corporate identity
The Air Algérie logo was created in 1966 in Algiers. On 21 June 2011, the company officially announced that the logo is a swallow. This bird is a national Algerian symbol. In 2023, the airline updated its logo, with a new typeface and an updated swallow.
Destinations
In June 2007, Air Algérie inaugurated the Algiers–Montreal route.<ref name="Algérie/Canada: inauguration de la ligne aérienne Alger-Montréal" /><ref name="Algérie: Le P-DG d'Air Algérie s'est éteint jeudi dernier à Paris" /> Flights to Beijing were launched in February 2009.<ref name="Algeria opens Algiers-Beijing direct flight"/> Template:As of, Air Algérie has a 46% market share on international routes; the airline was the leading operator for flights between Algeria and Spain, and six of ten of its international routes with highest seat availability served France.<ref name="Europe's LCCs are making a first entry in Algeria" />
In October 2015, the carrier serves a domestic network that comprises 32 destinations within Algeria, including its hub at Houari Boumediene Airport, plus an international network that serve 43 more cities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:As of, the airline serves 33 countries and 78 routes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Destinations">Template:Cite web</ref>
Codeshare and Interline agreements
Air Algerie has codeshare and Interline agreements with the following airlines:Template:Citation needed
Codeshare
- Qatar Airways<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tunisair
- Turkish Airlines<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Interline
- Air Burkina<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- APG Airlines<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Emirates<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hahn Air<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Fleet
Recent developments and future plans
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Ten Next Generation 737s—seven-800s and three-600s—were ordered in 1998 to replace the ageing Boeing 727-200s and Boeing 737-200s;<ref name="Aircraft News"/><ref name="Air Algerie starts fleet modernisation"/><ref name="Air Algerie Orders 10 Boeing Next-Generation 737s"/> the 737-600 commitment was later increased to include two more aircraft.<ref name="Air Algérie awaits delivery of twelve Boeing Next Generation 737s"/> The first Boeing 737-800 included in this order was handed over by the airframer in August 2000.<ref name="Ambitions in Africa"/><ref name="Better times"/><ref name="Air Algerie Welcomes Its First Boeing Next-Generation 737 Jetliner"/> When the first Boeing 737-600 was delivered to the company in May 2002, Air Algérie became the fifth airline worldwide in operating the type.<ref name="Air Algerie gets 737-600"/><ref name="Air Algerie Receives New Boeing 737-600"/>
Five Airbus A330-200s were ordered in late 2003, along with nine ATR72-500sTemplate:--six of them taken over from and order previously placed by Khalifa Airways. The former type would act as a replacement for the two Airbus A310s, a Boeing 747-200 and three Boeing 767-300s, while the latter would replace the seven-strong Fokker F27 fleet.<ref name="A330s, ATRs for Air Algérie, 737s to follow"/><ref name="ATR to fill Algerian short-haul need"/> Four more ATR72-500s were ordered in 2009 at a cost of approximately Template:US$ million,<ref name="Air Algerie secures quick delivery of new ATR 72s"/><ref name="Air Algerie orders four more ATR 72s"/> with the first of these 66-seater four turboprop machines being phased-in in February 2010.<ref name="Other News - 02/12/2010"/> Also in 2009, during the Dubai Airshow, Air Algérie announced the purchase of seven additional Boeing 737-800s.<ref name="Dubai Airshow News"/><ref name="Boeing, Air Algerie, Announce Order for Seven Boeing 737-800s at Dubair Airshow 2009"/> In April 2011, the fourth aircraft from this order became the Template:Ordinal Boeing jetliner delivered to the company.<ref name="Boeing Delivers 50th Airplane to Air Algerie" />
In November 2012, the airline announced an investment worth €600 million for the incorporation of eight aircraft, two of them freighters, between 2012 and 2016.<ref name="Air Algérie prévoit des bénéfices pour 2012"/> Air Algérie had its IOSA certification renewed in December 2012, for a period of two years.<ref name="Air Algérie reçoit de nouveau sa certification IOSA" /><ref name="Sécurité aerienne : L'IATA renouvelle à Air Algérie l'octroi du label IOSA" /> In February 2013, unofficial announcements disclosed the airline has ordered three additional Airbus A330-200s, five additional Boeing 737-800s. It was also reported the carrier's intention of deploying the new A330s on new routes to Johannesburg, New York, Shanghai and São Paulo.<ref name="Air Algerie plans large fleet order and an increased long-haul network to boost Algerian economy" />
The airline launched in April 2013 a tender for the acquisition of 14 passenger and two cargo aircraft.<ref name="Air Algerie launches tender to purchase 16 aircraft" /> Plans for the purchase of new equipment worth Template:US$ million (€556 million), including three 250-seater airframes to replace the ageing Boeing 767s, were disclosed again in December 2013;<ref name="Air Algerie to spend $762 million upgrading its fleet" /> already in Template:MONTHNAME, Air Algérie signed a letter of intent with Airbus for three Airbus A330-200s at the 2013 Dubair Air Show.<ref name="DUBAI: Air Algerie takes A330 for long-haul renewal" /><ref name="Air Algérie signs MOU for three Airbus A330-200s" /><ref name="Air Algérie orders three A330 passenger aircraft"/> In January 2014, three 68-seater ATR 72-600s were ordered,<ref name="Air Algérie orders three ATR 72-600s, commits to eight Boeing 737-800s" /> and a commitment for eight Boeing 737-800s, valued at Template:US$ million at list prices, was signed with Boeing.<ref name="Air Algerie stays with 737-800 for single-aisle fleet" /><ref name="Boeing, Air Algerie Announce Commitment for Eight Next-Generation 737-800s" /> The ATR order made Air Algérie the largest operator of the type within Africa.<ref name="Air Algerie Expands Fleet With ATR, Boeing Planes" /> In Template:MONTHNAME the same year, Template:Cardinal to word Boeing 737-700Cs were ordered for Template:US$ million.<ref name="Air Algérie orders two Boeing 737-700C aircraft" /> Air AlgérieTemplate:'s first ATR 72-600 was handed over to the company in December 2014.<ref name="Aircraft News-22 Dec. 2014"/>
In June 2023, the company ordered five Airbus A330-900s and two Airbus A350-1000s from Airbus;<ref name="Air Algérie orders five A330-900s and two A350-1000s" /> an order for eight Boeing 737 MAX 9 was placed with Boeing and a commitment for the purchase of two Boeing 737BCFs was also signed.<ref name="Air Algérie Orders Eight Boeing 737 MAX Jets, Commits To Two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters" /> In addition to this, 10 other aircraft will be leased, including four Airbus A330ceo, two Airbus A330-900, two Boeing 737-800 and two Boeing 737 MAX 9.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="aircosmosinternational">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="air journal">Template:Cite web</ref>
Current fleet
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Template:As of, Air Algérie operates the following aircraft:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "air journal"/><ref name = "aircosmosinternational"/>
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | PassengersTemplate:Citation needed | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | P | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 8 | — | 14 | 22 | 196 | 232 | |
| 18 | 14 | 219 | 251<ref name="Air Algérie réceptionne un second A330 flambant neuf">Template:Cite web</ref> | ||||
| Airbus A330-900 | 1<ref name="Air Algerie Receives First A330neo As Part Of Expansion Plans">Template:Cite news</ref> | 7<ref name="Air Algerie Receives First A330neo As Part Of Expansion Plans" /> | 18 | 24 | 266 | 308<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | <ref name="newJune">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| ATR 72-500 | 12 | — | — | — | 66 | 66 | |
| 70 | 70 | ||||||
| ATR 72-600 | 3 | 16 | — | — | 68 | 68<ref name="Air Algérie orders three ATR 72-600s, commits to eight Boeing 737-800s" /> | Deliveries from 2026<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Boeing 737-600 | 5 | — | — | 16 | 85 | 101 | |
| Boeing 737-700C | 2<ref name="Notre Flotte">Template:Cite web</ref> | — | — | 8 | 104 | 112 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 24<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | — | — | 48 | 114 | 162 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 9 | — | 8<ref name="Air Algérie Orders Eight Boeing 737 MAX Jets, Commits To Two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters" /> | TBA | Deliveries from 2027.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| Cargo | |||||||
| Boeing 737-800BCF | 1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | — | Cargo | ||||
| Lockheed L-100-30T | 1<ref name="ATDB" /> | — | Cargo | ||||
| Total | 56 | 32 | |||||
Historical fleet
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So far, Air Algérie has operated the following aircraft types:Template:Cn
To cope with the increased passenger volume during the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages, Air Algérie has repeatedly leased Boeing 747 jumbo jets:<ref>[1] Template:WebarchiveEl Moudjahid: Air Algerie charters extra flights for Haj and Umra. Published on 12 July 2012.</ref> from Aer Lingus (1979, 1980), Middle East Airlines (1981), SAS (1982, 1983), Air France (1982, 1985, 1986) and Air Atlanta Icelandic (2000–2005).Template:Citation needed
Other aircraft types that were operated on short-term leases during the Hajj season includedTemplate:Citation needed the Airbus A310-300 (2005–07, leased from Saga Airlines and Air Atlanta Icelandic), the Airbus A320-200 (2005, operated by Eagle Aviation France), the larger Airbus A330-300 (2004/05, leased from AWAS), Airbus A340-300 (2012, from AirAsia X), Boeing 757-200 (2004/05), Boeing 767-200 (2001/02 and 2004/05, leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic) and Boeing 777-200 (2003, operated by Khalifa Airways), as well as the Douglas DC-8 (from the mid-1970s throughout the 1980s, leased from Eagle Air, Icelandair, National Airlines, Trans International Airlines and World Airways), the Lockheed L-1011 TriStarTemplate:Cn (1989/90, leased from American Trans Air, Caledonian Airways and Eastern Airlines), and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (1977, from Laker Airways).
Accidents and incidents
Fatal
- On 19 May 1960 at 9:46 UTC, a mid-air collision occurred Template:Cvt away from Paris-Orly Airport, involving an Air Algérie Sud Aviation Caravelle jetliner (registered F-OBNI) on a scheduled passenger flight from Algiers, and a privately owned Stampe SV.4 biplane (F-BDEV). The Stampe was completely destroyed upon impact, killing the sole pilot on board. The impact and the propeller blades of the biplane tore open the cabin roof of the Caravelle, and both of its jet engines flamed out due to ingested debris but were restarted almost immediately, allowing for a safe landing. There was one fatality amongst the 32 passengers and 7 crew members of the Air Algérie flight, and the aircraft was later repaired.<ref>1960 Air Algérie mid-air collision at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 11 April 1967, an Air Algérie Douglas DC-4 (registered 7T-VAU), which was on a flight from Dar El Beïda Airport in Algiers to Tamanrasset Airport, crashed into a hill in the Sahara desert near Tamanrasset during landing approach, killing 29 of the 33 passengers and all 6 crew members on board.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 26 July 1969 a fire broke out on board an Air Algérie Sud Aviation Caravelle (registered 7T-VAK), which likely had been caused by an electric malfunction. The aircraft was on a chartered passenger flight from Marseille to Biskra, and the pilots tried for an emergency landing at Oued Irara – Krim Belkacem Airport, but the plane was quickly engulfed by flames and crashed, killing all 30 passengers and 7 crew members.<ref>Air Algérie 1969 crash at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 24 January 1979 at around 19:40 local time, an Air Algérie Aérospatiale N 262 (registered 7T-VSU) crashed 15 kilometres short of the runway of Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport, resulting in the death of 14 out of the 20 passengers on board. The three crew members survived the accident, which was blamed on the malfunction of an altimeter (as the approach was performed too low), coinciding with pilot error and fatigue.<ref>Air Algérie 1979 crash at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 21 December 1994, a cargo-configured Boeing 737-200 operating Air Algérie Flight 702P from East Midlands Airport to Coventry Airport (both in England) on behalf of Phoenix Aviation crashed 1.7 kilometres short of the runway at the destination airport, killing the five crew members on board.<ref>Flight 702P at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 6 March 2003 at 15:15 local time, Air Algérie Flight 6289, a Boeing 737-200 (registered 7T-VEZ) on a domestic flight from Tamanrasset to Algiers via Ghardaïa, crashed shortly after take-off from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport because of an engine failure, killing 96 passengers and all 6 crew members on board. There was only one survivor.<ref>Flight 6289 at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 13 August 2006 at ca 20:15 local time, Air Algérie Flight 2208 (a Lockheed L-100 Hercules registered 7T-VHG) crashed near Piacenza in Italy, resulting in the death of the three crew members. The aircraft had been on a flight from Algiers to Frankfurt when a problem with the autopilot occurred, resulting in the pilots losing control of the plane.<ref>Flight 2208 at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 24 July 2014, ATC controllers lost contact with Air Algérie Flight 5017,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 leased from Swiftair, en route from Ouagadougou Airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria, which was reported missing at 01:55 or 02:00 UTC near to Gao, Mali. The flight was carrying 112 passengers and 6 Spanish crew members. 54 of the passengers were French citizens.<ref name="CrashUpdate">Template:Cite news</ref> It was found crashed in Mali.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Non-fatal
- On 8 June 1949, the right main landing gear of an Air Algérie Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered F-BCYO) collapsed upon landing at Lyon-Bron Airport, following a cargo flight from Algiers. During the crash landing, the aircraft was destroyed, but the three crew members survived.<ref>1949 Air Algérie 1949 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 30 October 1951, an Air Algérie Sud-Ouest Bretagne (registered F-OAIY) caught fire and was subsequently destroyed at Paris-Orly Airport, following the sudden collapse of the right main landing gear during take-off run. All 30 passengers and 4 crew members on board could be saved.<ref>Air Algérie 1951 accident at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net (30 October 1951). Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 26 April 1962, shortly after the end of the Algerian War, a parked Air Algérie Lockheed Constellation (registered F-BAZE) was blown up at Maison Blanche Airport by OAS terrorists, a militant French far-right nationalist group strongly opposed to the independence of Algeria.<ref>1962 Air Algérie bombing at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net (26 April 1962). Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 23 September 1973, an Air Algérie Sud Aviation Caravelle (registered 7T-VAI) was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport.<ref>1973 Air Algérie landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 1 August 1989, an Air Algérie Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft suffered a ground loop upon landing at Tamanrasset Airport following a flight from Algiers, resulting in the aircraft being damaged beyond repair.<ref>Air Algérie 1989 landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 25 July 1991, the nosegear of an Air Algérie Fokker F27 Friendship (registered 7T-VRM) collapsed during a hard landing at In Guezzam Airport, damaging the aircraft beyond repair.<ref>1991 Air Algérie landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net (25 July 1991). Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 2 August 1996, an Air Algérie Boeing 737-200 (registered 7T-VED) overran the runway at Tlemcen Airport in an attempt to abort the take-off for a scheduled flight to Algiers. There were no fatalities among the 100 passengers and 6 crew members on board, even though the aircraft was substantially damaged.<ref>Air Algérie 1996 runway overshot at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- Another runway overshot involving an Air Algérie Boeing 737-200 (this time 7T-VEH) occurred on 31 January 1999. Upon landing at Constantine Airfield in unusual snowy conditions following a flight from Paris, the aircraft was severely damaged when it overshot the runway and struck a heap of snow. There were no casualties among the 92 passengers and 7 crew members.<ref>Air Algérie 1999 runway overshot at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 18 March 2006 at 10:30 local time, the right main landing gear of an Air Algérie Boeing 737-600 (registered 7T-VJQ) collapsed upon landing in poor weather conditions at Seville Airport following a flight from Oran. Approximately 45 out of the 101 passengers and 6 crew members on board were injured.<ref>Air Algérie 2006 landing gear collapse at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 14 March 2008, an Air Algérie Boeing 737-800 (registered 7T-VKA) that was operating Flight 1143 from Paris to Sétif with 120 people on board suffered extensive damage during a hard landing at Ain Arnat Airport.<ref>Air Algérie 2008 landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
Hijackings
- On 31 August 1970, three passengers armed with pistols and molotov cocktails hijacked an Air Algérie Convair CV-640 on a scheduled domestic flight from Annaba to Algiers and demanded the pilots to head to Albania instead. During a fuel stop in Brindisi, eleven passengers were allowed to leave the aircraft. As the aircraft was denied landing permission by the Albanian authorities, it diverted to Dubrovnik in then Yugoslavia instead, where the perpetrators could be arrested.<ref>Air Algérie 1970 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- When an Air Algérie Boeing 737-200 landed at Houari Boumedienne Airport on 31 March 1991 (during the Algerian Civil War) following a scheduled passenger flight from Béchar, a passenger threatened to detonate a hand grenade and insisted on being allowed to have a political statement on live national television, concerning the planned national election. The demand was rejected, and the hijacker was persuaded to give up and set free the 53 other persons on board.<ref>Air Algérie 1991 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- A similar hijacking occurred on 13 November 1994 on board an Air Algérie Fokker F27 Friendship (registered 7T-VRK) during a flight from Algiers to Ouargla. The aircraft with 42 occupants was forced to divert to Palma de Mallorca Airport, where the three perpetrators surrendered.<ref>Air Algérie 1994 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 25 July 1996 at around 9:00 local time, an Air Algérie Boeing 767-300 with 232 persons on board was hijacked at Oran Es Sénia Airport by a man who demanded to be flown to the United States, rather than to Algiers where the aircraft had been scheduled to leave for. After more than four hours of negotiation he surrendered to the local authorities.<ref>Air Algérie 1996 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 19 January 2003, Air Algérie Flight 6025 from Constantine to Algiers was hijacked shortly after take-off by a man who demanded the pilots fly the Boeing 737-800 to North Korea. The flight continued to Algiers, though, where the perpetrator could be restrained by police forces storming the aircraft. None of the 24 other passengers and 6 crew members were injured.<ref>Air Algérie 2003 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
- On 19 August 2003, an Air Algérie Boeing 737-800 was hijacked by a mentally-ill passenger right after take-off from Houari Boumedienne Airport, who threatened to blow up the aircraft when the crew would not divert to Geneva (rather than to Lille as the flight was scheduled to). The crew carried out an allegedly necessary fuel stop at Oran Es Sénia Airport, where the man could be arrested.<ref>Air Algérie 2003 hijacking at the Aviation Safety Network Template:Webarchive. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 15 June 2011.</ref>
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