France’s Air Lib will begin offering two daily return flights to Algeria on Monday, January 21, taking off from Paris’ Orly Sud airport, stated a company release. The airline will be the first French carrier to fly to Algeria since the high jacking of an Air France Airbus at Algiers airport in 1994.
Air Lib has stated that the new route to Algeria is crucial to bringing in higher revenues. The airline, which was hard hit it by the suicide attacks in the United States on September 11, is now facing a deficit of 600 million francs ($81 million), up from the 460 million francs initially foreseen, reported AFP. — (menareport.com)
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