Air Algerie is to be restructured as part of a wider Algerian Government drive to improve the efficiency of state-owned companies. The airline will focus on its core business of passenger and freight transport, while other activities could be transferred to subsidiaries. These include chartering services for oil companies, catering, cargo handling, security and regional operations based in the southern town of Tamanrasset. The airline denies suggestions that the moves are a prelude to privatisation.
Source: Flight International
