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Air Algérie has taken delivery of the first ATR 72-500.
The national airline Air Algérie took delivery this morning of the first ATR 72-500 of the 4 ordered in 2009. This aircraft was delivered during a ceremony organized in Toulouse.
Air Algérie, which already operated 8 ATR 72-500s, will increase the size of its fleet to 12 with the delivery, during 2010, of the remaining 3 aircraft on order.
Consequently, Air Algérie will become the largest ATR operator on the African continent.
Credit: ATR (Full press release)
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