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Air: Tassili Airlines Expands Fleet

Tassili Airlines, the airline subsidiary of Sonatrach, has approved yesterday at the airport Houari Boumedienne, the first Q400 aircraft type purchased with the Canadian firm Bombardier.
The ceremony was attended by the Ministers of Energy and Mines, Chakib Khelil, Transport, Mohamed Maghlaoui, the Minister for Rural Development, Rachid Benaissa, and Canada's ambassador to Algiers, Robert W . Peck. Tassili Airlines of the guests were treated to a journey of nearly an hour in the skies over the central region to assess the qualities of the aircraft. The Bombardier Q400 is a 74-seat plane and, depending on technical specifications, features two engines Pratt & Whitney. Its maximum cruising speed is 667 km / h and can reach an altitude of 7620 m. The reception of this first Q400 marks the beginning of the revival of the company will have a substantial fleet which will assert itself as a regional airline. The contract was awarded in early June 2006 by the Canadian firm Bombardier is $ 84 million dollars for four planes. In total, the new airline group will acquire 41 aircraft with aircraft carrying passengers and freight. In addition to the equipment module 70 passengers, Tassili Airlines must also acquire the equipment module 35 and 120/130 seats as well as agricultural aircraft, helicopters and jets. The current fleet consists of 19 aircraft of smaller capacity of between 4 and 17 seats. During the ceremony, Chairman of the Board Group Tassili Airlines Rezaiguia Ali said that "calls for tenders will be issued shortly for the acquisition of helicopters and other aircraft with a capacity greater to those acquired previously. In principle, the next order should cover the range of 120/130 aircraft seats. He also recalled receiving the first Q400 aircraft type with a capacity of 74 seats "will be followed by three other identical units to be delivered soon. An aircraft to the end of August, another during the month of September and the last of this year, in October 2007. We are also expecting delivery of four more aircraft with lower seat or seats 35/39, scheduled from June 2008. " After the redemption of shares held in Air Algeria Tassili Airlines has decided to restructure Sonatrach Tassili Airlines in an air group, which has three subsidiaries. Naftatassili Air, which provides transportation of workers from hydrocarbon deposits, Tassili Airlines, which handles public transport domestic and international passenger and cargo, and Agro Air Tassili dealing aerial work. ELWATAN