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Algeria to lift ban on private investment in civil aviation

Xinhua, January 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Algeria will lift a decade-old ban on private investment in the air transport sector, said Transport Minister Amar Ghoul on Sunday.

"The government is drawing up a new book of specifications to frame the decision of opening air transport to Algerian private investors, as well as to secure and control the airspace," said the minister.

"We are working to boost air transport through the existing public companies, and preparing the necessary conditions to pave the way for the private sector to enter this space in harmony with the public sector."

The government stopped granting aviation licenses to private operators in the mid-2000s after a scandal of private operator Khalifa Airways. Endi