Tassili Airlines

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| IATA = SF

| ICAO = DTH

| callsign = TASSILI AIR

| founded = {{start date|1998|3|4|df=yes}}

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| bases = Houari Boumedienne Airport

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| fleet_size = 15

| destinations = 21

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| parent = Sonatrach

| headquarters = Algiers, Algeria

| key_people = Sidahmed Tazka {{cite web|title=Tassili Airlines: Sidahmed Tazka, nouveau DG par intérim|url=https://www.algerie-eco.com/2020/06/19/tassili-airlines-sidahmed-tazka-nouveau-dg-par-interim/|website=algerie-eco.com|date=19 June 2020|access-date=18 August 2020|language=fr}}
(Interim Managing Director)

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Tassili Airlines ({{langx|ar|طيران الطاسيلي}}) is an Algerian passenger airline, based in Algiers, owned by Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company of Algeria.

Founded in 1998, Tassili now provides scheduled services out of Houari Boumedienne Airport, as well as its charter flights and helicopter services, that were originally mainly for the Algerian oil industry.{{cite web|title=La Compagnie|url=http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=138&lang=fr|website=Tassili Airlines|access-date=31 October 2015|language=fr}}

History

Tassili Airlines was originally established in 1998 as a joint venture between Air Algérie (49%) and the Sonatrach company (51%), both of which are government-owned.{{cn|date=January 2025}} Commercial services were launched on 8 April 1999, with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In April 2005, Air Algérie has sold 25% of its shares in the airlines, Sonatrach thus becoming the majority shareholder.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Tassili Airlines became a member of AFRAA in 2014, since when it has continued its expansion of regional and international routes.

Corporate affairs

=Ownership=

The airline is state-owned, being 76% owned by Sonatrach and 24% owned by Air Algérie.

=Business trends=

The annual accounts of the state-owned Tassili Airlines do not seem to have been published. A few recently available figures (largely from AFRAA reports) are shown below (for years ending 31 December):

File:Tassili Airlines, 7T-VCC, Boeing 737-8ZQ (39746341835).jpg, pictured in 2018]]

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style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\| ! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\|2016 ! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\|2017 ! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\|2018 ! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\|2019 ! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"\|2020
Turnover \| align=center\| \| align=center\| \| align=center\| \| align=center\| ! align=center\|
Net profit \| align=center\| \| align=center\| \| align=center\| \| align=center\| ! align=center\|{{color\|red\|loss}}
Number of employees (at year end) \| align=center\|1,338 \| align=center\|1,403 \| align=center\|1,477 \| align=center\| ! align=center\|
Number of passengers (m) \| align=center\|0.2 \| align=center\|0.8 \| align=center\|1.8 \| align=center\| ! align=center\|
Passenger load factor (%) \| align=center\| \| align=center\| \| align=center\|58 \| align=center\| ! align=center\|
Number of aircraft (at year end) \| align=center\|12 \| align=center\|12 \| align=center\|15 \| align=center\|15 ! align=center\|15
Notes/sources \| align=center\|{{cite web\|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2017\|publisher= AFRAA\|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AFRAA-Annual-Report-2017-1.pdf\|date= 2017}} \| align=center\|{{cite web\|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2018\|publisher= AFRAA\|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AR_20181.pdf\|date= 2018}} \| align=center\|{{cite web\|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2019\|publisher= AFRAA\|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Annual-Report_2019.pdf\|date= 2019}} \| align=center\|{{cite web\|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2020\|publisher= AFRAA\|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Annual-Report_2020_web.pdf\|date= 2020}} \| align=center\|{{efn\|2020: Activities and income in 2020 were severely reduced by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic}} {{cite web\|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2021\|publisher= AFRAA\|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Annual-Report_2021-final.pdf\|date= 2021}}{{cite web\|title= Two state-owned banks to offer Islamic finance products next month (in French)\|publisher= Algérie Presse Service\|url=https://www.aps.dz/economie/107567-deux-banques-publiques-proposeront-des-produits-de-finance-islamique-le-mois-prochain\|date= 18 July 2020\|access-date=21 December 2021}}
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! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"|2016

! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"|2017

! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"|2018

! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"|2019

! style="background:#042e6e; color:white;"|2020

Turnover

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Net profit

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! align=center|{{color|red|loss}}

Number of employees (at year end)

| align=center|1,338

| align=center|1,403

| align=center|1,477

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Number of passengers (m)

| align=center|0.2

| align=center|0.8

| align=center|1.8

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Passenger load factor (%)

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| align=center|58

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Number of aircraft (at year end)

| align=center|12

| align=center|15

! align=center|15

Notes/sources

| align=center|{{cite web|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2017|publisher= AFRAA|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AFRAA-Annual-Report-2017-1.pdf|date= 2017}}

| align=center|{{cite web|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2018|publisher= AFRAA|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AR_20181.pdf|date= 2018}}

| align=center|{{cite web|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2019|publisher= AFRAA|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Annual-Report_2019.pdf|date= 2019}}

| align=center|{{cite web|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2020|publisher= AFRAA|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Annual-Report_2020_web.pdf|date= 2020}}

| align=center|{{efn|2020: Activities and income in 2020 were severely reduced by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic}}
{{cite web|title= AFRAA Annual Report 2021|publisher= AFRAA|url=https://afraa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Annual-Report_2021-final.pdf|date= 2021}}{{cite web|title= Two state-owned banks to offer Islamic finance products next month (in French)|publisher= Algérie Presse Service|url=https://www.aps.dz/economie/107567-deux-banques-publiques-proposeront-des-produits-de-finance-islamique-le-mois-prochain|date= 18 July 2020|access-date=21 December 2021}}

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Destinations

As of December 2015, Tassili Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:{{cite web|title=Destinations|url=http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=219&lang=fr|website=Tassili Airlines|access-date=31 October 2015|language=fr}}

;Algeria

Adrar - Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport
Algiers - Houari Boumedienne Airport (base)
Annaba - Rabah Bitat Airport
Batna - Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport
Béchar - Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport
Constantine - Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport
Djanet - Djanet Inedbirene Airport
Ghardaïa - Noumérat - Moufdi Zakaria Airport
Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara Airport
Illizi - Takhamalt Airport
Oran - Ahmed Ben Bella Airport
Setif - Ain Arnat Airport
Tamanrasset - Tamanrasset Airport
Tlemcen - Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport
Tindouf - Tindouf Airporthttp://www.aps.dz/economie/34300-tassili-airlines-lancera-mercredi-une-nouvelle-ligne-alger-tindouf {{Dead link|date=September 2022}}

;France

Marseille
Nantes{{cite web|url=http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/28/sf-jun16/|title=Tassili Airlines Adds New French Routes from June 2016|publisher=airlineroute|access-date=28 March 2016}}
Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport{{Cite web|url=http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:paris-cdg-a-compter-du-11-decembre&catid=8:infos-vol&Itemid=209&lang=fr|title=Paris CDG à compter du 11 Décembre|last=Admin|first=TAL|website=www.tassiliairlines.dz|language=fr-fr|access-date=2017-09-15}}
Strasbourg

;Turkey

Istanbul - Istanbul Airport (Charter)

Fleet

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The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2019|page=4}}

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style="background:#042e6e;" !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Passengers !Notes
Boeing 737-800 \|7 \|— \|155 \|
Bombardier Dash 8-Q200 \|4 \|— \|37 \|
Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 \|4 \|— \|74 \|
Total !15 !— !colspan="2"\|

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|+ Tassili Airlines fleet

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!Aircraft

!In service

!Orders

!Passengers

!Notes

Boeing 737-800

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|155

Bombardier Dash 8-Q200

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|37

Bombardier Dash 8-Q400

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|74

Total

!15

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The airline also owns several types of smaller aircraft, including Beechcraft 1900, Cessna 208 Caravan and Pilatus PC-6, as well as Bell 206 helicopters.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/PAGINATION/NOTRE-FLOTTE.html|title=Tassili Airlines fleet information at tassiliairlines.dz|access-date=Sep 18, 2020}}

Accidents and incidents

On 28 January 2004, at around 21:00 local time, a Tassili Airlines Beechcraft 1900 (registered 7T-VIN) crashed 10 kilometres short of Ghardaïa Airport where it had been scheduled to land completing a chartered flight from Hassi R'Mel Airport. The pilot Mebarki Mohamed had to abort the landing approach because a preceding aircraft had not cleared the runway in time. During maneuvering for reaching the approach path again, the aircraft hit the ground with its right wing, which was subsequently torn off. Of the two passengers and three crew members on board, all but the co-pilot survived the crash.{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040128-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900D 7T-VIN Ghardaïa-Noumérat Airport (GHA)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-09-15}}
On 10 August 2017, a Tassili Airlines Bell 206 was destroyed by impact and post-impact fire when it crashed on an empty lot at Dekakna, about 5 km southwest of Douera, Algeria. All four on board are believed to have died in the accident. The accident happened in daylight (1020L) and apparently in VMC. According to press reports the helicopter was being used to film the new railway line between Zeralda and Algiers.FlightGlobal

References

External links

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[http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
[https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.tassiliairlines.dz/index.php?lang=en Official website] (Archive)

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