Samir Châabna shed light on the issue related to the sale of tickets for Air Algérie, Lufthansa, Transavia among others.
After virtual inactivity in the air, due to the health disaster, which lasted fifteen (15) months, the resumption of flights is slowly making its way. While keeping pace with the lifting of restrictions. In order to support the very strong demand for tickets from our nationals residing in the four (4) corners of the Globe, Air Algérie, Lufthansa and Transavia are strengthening their respective programs. They are gradually adding new routes.
Twenty (20) days ago, the planes of the national flag, therefore, took to the skies and the air at three (3) Algerian airports. Several commercial trips from six (6) countries are currently on the program. A recovery that is certainly timid, but which is gradually starting to expand.
New flights, operated by foreign airlines, are in fact already on the menu at the dawn of the 2021 summer season. To this end, Samir Châabna wished to reveal more details, in particular on all the programs for the services of and to Algeria.
The former AFN elected official dissuades anyone wishing to return to Algerian lands from buying a flight ticket that is not on the current schedule. “Avoid getting plane tickets outside of the actual schedule,” he wrote in the foreword.
Lufthansa, Transavia, Turkish Airlines, Air France…: the program in detail
In order to prevent any consumer from being tracked down and scammed, Samir Châabna recorded the international flight schedule. And in its entirety! The former representative of the Algerian community abroad spoke yesterday Saturday through a Facebook post. Several foreign companies are now supporting Air Algérie in its weekly task.
They are, in all and for all, six (6) to have been authorized to operate flights in Algeria. Starting with the German private carrier. Lufthansa effectively connects Frankfurt to Algiers every Saturday. Italy’s Alitalia has also joined in reopening national air borders. It operates flights every Friday between Rome and the Algerian capital.
As for Turkish Airlines, it flies over the skies of Istanbul and Algiers every Thursday. The partial resumption of flights also concerns Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia. The first will make a daily flight from next Thursday between Paris-CDG and Algiers airport. The second will serve, from the same day, travelers on the Oran – Paris line. It will operate from the Orly terminal.
For its part, Tunisair already operates flights every Monday between Tunis-Carthage airport and Constantine. This is what Samir Châabna said. He assured, in short, that the Algerian government is about to announce an imminent reopening of maritime links. “A probable official announcement relating to the resumption of port crossings could occur in the coming hours,” he underlines.
