Air Algerie signs a contract for the acquisition of the latest Airbus aircraft

Air Algérie has signed, with its initials, a contract with the European aircraft manufacturer “Airbus” for the acquisition of 7 large-sized aircraft.

The contract relates to supplying Air Algérie with five (A 330-900) (scale 280-320 seats) and two other aircraft (A 350-1000) (scale 350-450 seats), which are expected to be delivered starting from the second quarter of the year 2025. . In the context, the Director General of Air Algerie, Yassine Ben Slimane, stated that 4 aircraft will be received in 2025 and 3 others in 2026, during the signing ceremony that took place at the technology pole of Air Algerie in the capital.

Hedi Akoum, Vice President of Sales for Africa and the Levant for Airbus, confirmed that this contract is the largest and most important in the Maghreb and Africa, according to which Air Algérie will obtain the most modern aircraft in the world, and it will be the second company in Africa to obtain this type of aircraft. After Ethiopia.