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Algeria: new airport at Hassi-Messaoud

Ouargla, Algeria - The old one too close to an oil facility

The Algerian Minister of public works announced that a new airport will be built at Hassi-Messaoud. The present airport needs urgent and considerable maintenance works and is located too close to an oil facility. At present it has only one runway that prevents it from facing the increasing air trafic. Hassi-Messaoud airport is the second in Algeria for density of air trafic, being first the "Houari...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 27311
Rome, Italy, 04/30/2002 14:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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