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Tassili Airlines
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| Tassili Airlines | ||
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| IATA SF |
ICAO DTH |
Callsign Tassili Airlines |
| Founded | 1997 | |
| Hubs | Oued Irara Airport | |
| Fleet size | 4 (+ 11 order) | |
| Destinations | 15 | |
| Parent company | Air Algerie | |
| Headquarters | Hassi Messaoud, Algeria | |
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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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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.
See full article: Tassili Airlines destinations
The Tassili Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2007):
- 3 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
- On order: 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
- On order: 2 Airbus A320-200
- On order: 5 ATR 72-500
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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