Frequently Asked Questions

Pilots, Cabin Crew, and Aeronautical Technicians undergo rigorous training in specialized, accredited schools and obtain, respectively, Licenses, CSS (Safety and Rescue Certificates), and Diplomas.
Air Traffic Controllers must pass a competitive examination at the National Air Navigation Establishment (ENNA) and undergo a 36-month training program.

Currently, seven (07) schools train pilots in Algeria :

• AVIATION TRAINING SCHOOL / ZERALDA-HASSI MESSAOUD
• AVIATION TRAINING SCHOOL / BOUMERDES
• ALGERIAN PILOTS TRAINING AND AVIATION TECHNICS ACADEMY (APTATA) / CONSTANTINE-ALGIERS
• ALGAVIA / ORAN
• INSTITUT DE FORMATION AERONAUTIQUE ET PILOTAGE (IFAP) / ALGIERS
• ALGERIAN AERO ACADEMY (AAA) / ALGIERS

In addition to Algerian airlines such as Air Algérie, Tassili Airlines, Tassili Travail Aérien, Star Aviation, and Air Express Algeria, several foreign airlines also operate in Algeria, including :
Tunisair, Nouvelair, Tunisair Express, Egyptair, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Lufthansa, ASL Airlines, TuiFly Belgium, Royal Jordanian, Air France, Transavia, Volotea, Air Canada, Vueling Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Air-Nostrum, Flynas, Saudi Arabian Airlines, ITA Airways, Turkish Airlines.

International airports:

1. Algiers / Houari Boumédiène
2. Annaba / Rabah Bitat
3. Adrar Touat / Chikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir (Mixed)
4. Batna / Mostéfa Ben Boulaïd
5. Béjaïa / Soummam Abane Ramdane
6. Biskra / Mohamed Khider (Mixed)
7. Constantine / Mohamed Boudiaf
8. Chlef (Mixed)
9. Djanet / El Cheikh Amoud Ben Mokhtar (Mixed)
10. El Oued / Abd El Kader Al Amoudi
11. Ghardaïa / Noumérate Mofdi Zakaria
12. Hassi-Messaoud / Oued Irara Krim Belkacem
13. In Aménas / Zarzaïtine (Mixed)
14. Jijel / Ferhat Abbas
15. Oran / Ahmed Ben Bella
16. Sétif / 08 May 1945 (Mixed)
17. Tamanrasset Aguenar / Hadj Bay Akhamouk (Mixed)
18. Tébessa / Chikh Larbi Tébessi
19. Tiaret Bouchekif / Abdel Hafidh Boussouf
20. Tlemcen Zenata / Messali El-Hadj

National airports:

1. Béchar / Boudeghane Ben Ali Lotfi (Mixed)
2. Bordj-Badji Mokhtar (Mixed)
3. Bousaada / Ain-eddis (Mixed)
4. El Bayedh
5. El Goléa
6. Hassi R’mel
7. Illizi / Ibrahim Ghouma (Mixed)
8. In Guezzam (Mixed)
9. In Salah
10. Laghouat (Military)
11. Mecheria (Military)
12. Mascara / Ghriss
13. Ouargla / Ain Beida (Mixed)
14. Timimoun (Mixed)
15. Tindouf (Mixed)
16. Touggourt / Sidi Mahdi

In 2023, Hajj flights were scheduled for the first time from the airports of Béchar, Adrar, Laghouat, and Tamanrasset to the holy sites of Islam, in addition to the five (05) airports that were already operational: Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, and Ouargla.

Passenger rights are governed by Executive Decree No. 16-175 of 9 Ramadhan 1437, corresponding to June 14, 2016, which sets the conditions and procedures for the enforcement of public air transport passenger rights.