Algerian airline
Tassili Airlines (Arabic: 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.[2]
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 withdrew its funds in the airline, which thus became wholly owned by Sonatrach.
Tassili Airlines became a member of AFRAA in 2014,[3] since when it has continued its expansion of regional and international routes.
Corporate affairs
Ownership
The airline is state-owned, being 100% owned by Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company of Algeria.[3]
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):
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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| Turnover
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| Net profit
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loss
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| Number of employees (at year end)
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1,338
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1,403
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1,477
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| Number of passengers (m)
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0.2
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0.8
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1.8
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| Passenger load factor (%)
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58
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| Number of aircraft (at year end)
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12
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12
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15
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15
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15
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| Notes/sources
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[4]
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[5]
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[3]
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[6]
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[a]
[7][8]
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Fleet
The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[13]
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.[14]
