Bejaia Airport
Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport or Bejaia Airport, is an airport serving Bejaia, a city in the Bejaia Province of northern Algeria. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the city, It was opened in 1982 to national level and its quick development led to its opening in international traffic in 1993. The airport is named after Abane Ramdane (1920–1957) (since 1999 by presidential decree), an Algerian revolutionary and architect of the 1956 Congress of Soummam.
In 2008, the airport handled 52,681 passengers on domestic flights and 170,724 passengers on international flights. The airport offers more than 10 flights per week to Paris, France and some others to Lyon, France, and Marseille, France. There are daily domestic flights, mainly to Algiers.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bejaia Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Lyon, Marseille, Paris–Orly, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| ASL Airlines France | Lille, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Tassili Airlines | Hassi Messaoud |
| Transavia | Lyon, Paris–Orly |
| TUI fly Belgium | Lille, Brussels |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Marseille |
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 205,298 |  3.51% |
2,967 | 2.70% |
139 |  25.67%
|
| 2006 | 162,441 | 20.88% |
2,446 | 17.56% |
106 | 23.74%
|
| 2007 | 75,250 | 53.68% |
964 | 60.59% |
24 | 77.36%
|
| 2008 | 202,120 | 168.60% |
2,794 | 189.83% |
129 | 437.50%
|
| 2009 | 216,847 | 7.29% |
3,103 | 11.06% |
114 | 11.63%
|
| 2010 | 213,490 | 1.55% |
3,134 | 1.00% |
111 | 2.63%
|
| 2011 | 221,175 | 3.60% |
2,954 | 5.74% |
111 |  0.00%
|
| 2012 | 245,254 | 10.89% |
2,991 | 1.25% |
134 | 20.72%
|
| 2013 | 294,933 | 20.26% |
3,664 | 22.50% |
N.A. | N.A |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013) | ||||||
References
- ^ (in French) AIP and Chart for Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane (DAAE) from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
- ^ (in French) Aéroport de Béjaïa : Soummam ABANE RAMDANE from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ^ "Airport information for DAAE". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ "DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Accident history for BJA at Aviation Safety Network
- ^ "Air Algérie". www.parisaeroport.fr.
- ^ "/// ASL Airlines France ouvre Béjaïa, Sétif et Tlemcen depuis Lille". 11 May 2023.
- ^ "ASL AIRLINES FRANCE SA". www.parisaeroport.fr.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Air France / Transavia France S20 Algeria network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "TUIfly Belgium 2023 North Africa Network Additions". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa". 23 June 2022.
- ^ Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
External links
- Google Maps – Soummam
- Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA-Alger)
- Current weather for DAAE at NOAA/NWS
- "DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.
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