Tassili Airlines 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.

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. Commercial services were launched on 8 April 1999, with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers. In April 2005, Air Algérie has sold 25% of its shares in the airlines, Sonatrach thus becoming the majority shareholder. 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):

Destinations

As of December 2015, Tassili Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Fleet

The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019): 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.

Accidents and incidents