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Air Algeria announces a plan to extend its activity at the continental level
Air transport
The national airline, Air Algeria, plans to launch new connections at the continental level. The announcement was made on Monday by the CEO of Air Algeria, Hamza Benhamouda, on the sidelines of the 4th edition of the intra-African trade fair (IATF 2025), which is held at the Palais des Expositions des Pins Maritimes (Algiers), from 4 to 10 of the current month.
“The national airline Air Algeria has drawn up an action plan applicable over a period of three years to conquer new shares in the African market,” he said, saying that the company intends to bring more than 20 the number of African destinations served by 2028 against 10 currently.
This edition of this African commercial event, he continued, constitutes an opportunity to strengthen air transport between Algeria and the other countries on the continent for the benefit of the national company and contribute to the development of air transport on the continent. “The contracts signed during this event will create a dynamic in the air transport sector between Algeria and many countries on the continent, allowing Air Algeria to program regular and permanent flights to several destinations,” he said.
Recalling that currently, Air Algeria serves on the African continent several regions of North Africa, but mainly sub -Saharan Africa.
The current African destination network includes Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bamako (Mali), Dakar (Senegal), Douala (Cameroon), Cairo (Egypt), Libreville (Gabon), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Niamey (Niger) and Tunis (Tunisia). “Bilateral negotiations are underway with many African airlines,” he added, adding that the results will be announced once the discussions are completed.
Regarding the opening of an airline to Chad, the same official assured that the company was going to do its best to launch this link as soon as the 2026 winter program is opening which will start towards the end of next October. “The instructions of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, as for the imperative to open a line towards N’Djamena have been clear,” he said.
Showing that the company will make this destination a priority.
Regarding the provision of a port dedicated to the export of cement, in order to strengthen national exports and to support the national economy outside hydrocarbons, ordered by the Head of State, the Minister of Transport, Said Sayoud, gave instructions on Monday to accelerate preparations for the opening of a dedicated port to the export of cement. It was, said a statement from the ministry, during the coordination meeting he chaired at the headquarters of the ministry, in the presence of the CEO of the Port Services group (Serport), the Directors General of Ports and Central Managers of the Ministry to examine the means of implementing the instructions of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The Minister, said the same source, gave strict instructions to assess all national ports in order to identify those eligible for the export of cement as soon as possible, trying to quickly finalize the technical and regulatory studies necessary for the effective launch of this operation in good conditions.
Rabah Mokhtari