[2] Tassili Airlines was originally established in 1998 as a joint venture between Air Algérie (49%) and the Sonatrach company (51%), both of which are government-owned.

[citation needed] Commercial services were launched on 8 April 1999, with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers.

[citation needed] In April 2005, Air Algérie has sold 25% of its shares in the airlines, Sonatrach thus becoming the majority shareholder.

[citation needed] Tassili Airlines became a member of AFRAA in 2014,[3] since when it has continued its expansion of regional and international routes.

A few recently available figures (largely from AFRAA reports) are shown below (for years ending 31 December): As of December 2015, Tassili Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:[9] The Tassili Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[13] The airline also owns several types of smaller aircraft, including Beechcraft 1900, Cessna 208 Caravan and Pilatus PC-6, as well as Bell 206 helicopters.