News: British Airways add new flights to Algeria

Flights > News > # 373 (11/04/2005)

British Airways has announced that it will start flights from London Gatwick to Hassi Messaoud in Algeria from Tuesday June 7, 2005. There will be two flights each week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, using Boeing 737 aircraft.

 

The airline already offers flights from London Gatwick to the Algerian capital, Algiers, five times each week, but will be the first airline offering direct scheduled flights to Hassi Messaoud. Air Algerie also offer flights from London Heathrow to Algiers. Some charter flights have been available to Hassi Messaoud with various operators.

 

Robert Boyle, British Airways’ director of commercial planning, said:

 

“Hassi Messaoud is a centre for oil and gas production and our market research shows that there is a business demand for these services.”

 

This is the sixth new British Airways route to start at London Gatwick this summer.  Other new destinations are Bucharest in Romania, Salonika (Thessaloniki / Halkidiki) in Greece, Sofia in Bulgaria, Split in Croatia and Vilnius in Lithuania.

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Comment:

This is an interesting development in a volatile region. Whereas BA chose to back off flights to Riyadh, it would be interesting to know if their senior management are regretting that decision, now that BMI have replaced them on that route.

Alg