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Abane Ramdane Airport

Coordinates:36°42′43.1″N5°4′10.1″E/ 36.711972°N 5.069472°E/36.711972; 5.069472(Soummam/Abane Ramdane Airport (Bejaia))
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Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport

مطار بجاية - صومام - عبان رمضان(Arabic)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorEGSA Alger
ServesBejaia
LocationBejaia,Algeria
ElevationAMSL6 m / 90 ft
Coordinates36°42′43.1″N5°4′10.1″E/ 36.711972°N 5.069472°E/36.711972; 5.069472(Soummam/Abane Ramdane Airport (Bejaia))
Website[email protected]
Map
BJA is located in Algeria
BJA
BJA
Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers294,933
Passenger change 12–13Increase20.3%
Aircraft movements3,664
Movements change 12–13Increase22.5%
Sources:AIP,[1]EGSA Alger,[2]DAFIF[3]Landings.com,[4]ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report.

Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport(French:Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane[1]) (IATA:BJA,ICAO:DAAE), also known asSoummam Airport[3]orBejaia Airport,[5]is an airport servingBejaia,a city in theBejaia Provinceof northernAlgeria.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.[1]The airport is named afterAbane 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.[2]The airport offers more than 10 flights per week to Paris, France and some others toLyon,France, andMarseille,France. There are daily domestic flights mainly toAlgiers.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bejaia Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air AlgérieAlgiers,Lyon,Marseille,Paris–Orly,Paris-Charles de Gaulle[6]
ASL Airlines FranceLille,[7]Paris-Charles de Gaulle[8]
Tassili AirlinesHassi Messaoud
TransaviaLyon,[9]Paris–Orly[9]
TUI fly BelgiumLille,Brussels[10]
VoloteaSeasonal:Marseille[11]

Statistics[edit]

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2005 205,298 Increase3.51% 2,967 Increase2.70% 139 Decrease25.67%
2006 162,441 Decrease20.88% 2,446 Decrease17.56% 106 Decrease23.74%
2007 75,250 Decrease53.68% 964 Decrease60.59% 24 Decrease77.36%
2008 202,120 Increase168.60% 2,794 Increase189.83% 129 Increase437.50%
2009 216,847 Increase7.29% 3,103 Increase11.06% 114 Decrease11.63%
2010 213,490 Decrease1.55% 3,134 Increase1.00% 111 Decrease2.63%
2011 221,175 Increase3.60% 2,954 Decrease5.74% 111 Steady0.00%
2012 245,254 Increase10.89% 2,991 Increase1.25% 134 Increase20.72%
2013 294,933 Increase20.26% 3,664 Increase22.50% N.A. N.A
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2005,[12]2006,[13]2007,[14]2009,[15]2011,[16]2012,[17]and 2013[18])

References[edit]

  1. ^abc(in French)AIPandChartforAéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane(DAAE) fromService d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie
  2. ^ab(in French)Aéroport de Béjaïa: Soummam ABANE RAMDANEfromÉtablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d'Alger(EGSA Alger)
  3. ^ab"Airport information for DAAE".World Aero Data.Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Data current as of October 2006. Source:DAFIF.
  4. ^"DAAE @ aerobaticsweb.org".Landings.com.Retrieved31 July2013.
  5. ^Accident history for BJAatAviation Safety Network
  6. ^https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/passengers/flights/airlines/ah
  7. ^https://actu-aero.fr/2023/05/11/asl-airlines-france-ouvre-bejaia-setif-et-tlemcen-depuis-lille/
  8. ^https://www.parisaeroport.fr/en/passengers/flights/airlines/5o
  9. ^abLiu, Jim."Air France / Transavia France S20 Algeria network expansion".Routesonline.Retrieved28 February2020.
  10. ^https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230518-tbfy23na
  11. ^"VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa".23 June 2022.
  12. ^Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
  13. ^Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
  14. ^Airport Council InternationalArchived4 March 2016 at theWayback Machine's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
  15. ^Airport Council InternationalArchived11 August 2016 at theWayback Machine's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
  16. ^Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
  17. ^Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  18. ^Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report

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