Algeria airlines news: Athens joins Air Algérie's network
According to TSA Algérie, Air Algérie's new Algiers–Athens line opens "from 24 December 2026". Both TSA Algérie and Algérie360 report that the service starts with one flight per week and rises to two weekly flights from March 2027. Algérie360 adds that tickets are already on sale through the airline's website, its call centre and commercial agencies.
Several details had not been published at the time of writing (3 November 2026). Algérie360 notes that the airline did not name the weekdays, the departure times, the fares or the type of aircraft assigned to the rotation. Anyone interested should therefore treat the start date and the frequency as the confirmed core and wait for the timetable before making plans around specific hours.
What it means for travellers
A direct link to Athens gives travellers a new option for combining Algeria with the Greek capital or onward connections in the eastern Mediterranean. A launch on 24 December falls in the middle of the year-end holiday period, which is usually busy, so checking availability early is sensible.
Algeria airlines news from Spain: Volotea starts Murcia–Algiers
Volotea has announced a direct route between Murcia and Algiers, with the first flight on Saturday 28 November 2026. As reported by Observalgérie on 30 October 2026, the service is planned twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Volotea presents it as the first regular direct air link between the Murcia region and Algeria, using Murcia's international airport at Corvera and Algiers' Houari Boumédiène airport.
Observalgérie quotes fares from 19 euros one way on certain dates, with 29 euros for the inaugural flight, subject to change. A return trip shown at 38 euros, leaving on 22 December and coming back on 26 December 2026, corresponds to 19 euros per leg. Baggage and seat selection are paid extras. Algérie360 reported in July that the route is operated with an Airbus A320, with evening departures from Murcia at 17:00 or 17:30 and returns from Algiers at 19:15 or 19:45, depending on the date.
Algeria airlines news on a short season: the winter pause
Travellers should read the Murcia announcement together with the schedule filings reported by Algérie360 on 21 October 2026, citing AeroRoutes. According to that report, the Murcia and Valencia routes to Algiers are both paused from 6 January to 29 March 2027. Valencia–Algiers, also due to start on 28 November, is planned at three flights a week. Observalgérie, on 22 October, adds that the Murcia line is expected to resume at the end of March 2027 under the current timetable.
The pause belongs to a wider cut. Algérie360 reports that Volotea's planned flights for winter 2026/2027 fall from 25,395 to 17,048, roughly one third, and cites rising kerosene costs. Observalgérie reports that Marseille–Béjaïa is interrupted from 5 January to 18 February 2027 and that frequencies fall on several other French routes, for example Bordeaux–Oran from 63 to 44 flights and Lyon–Sétif from 97 to 86. For passengers, the practical point is that the Murcia route is available mainly over the year-end period, so dates in January and February would not be covered under the schedule seen at the time of writing.
Algeria airlines news from Germany: Algiers–Berlin is flying
The long wait is over: Air Algérie launched its direct Algiers–Berlin service on 14 September 2026. TSA Algérie reported that day that the route had been announced by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during his visit to Germany from 15 to 17 July 2026. Berlin Brandenburg Airport said the link is the first direct connection between Algiers and the Berlin region since 2014.
According to the airport's statement of 15 September, the service runs once a week with a Boeing 737 of up to 186 seats and a flight time of about three hours. In the summer schedule it operated on Mondays, leaving Algiers at 14:00 and Berlin at 19:00. For winter, the airport published Sunday flights from 1 November, with departure from Algiers at 10:15 and arrival in Berlin at 12:55, and a return leaving Berlin at 13:55. Air Journal, reporting on 16 September, mentioned that booking data from AeroRoutes pointed to a different winter routing through Frankfurt, and advised passengers to verify the routing when booking. The service adds to four weekly Air Algérie flights to Frankfurt, giving five weekly connections with Germany.
Algeria airlines news from Asia and Africa: new long-haul routes
Air Algérie also widened its map in late October. Algérie Eco, citing APS, reported on 26 October 2026 that the Algiers–Shanghai route was inaugurated that day with three flights a week, making Shanghai the airline's third destination in China after Beijing and Guangzhou. An earlier Algérie Eco report of 26 August said the Shanghai flights would use an Airbus A330-900neo.
The same report listed Conakry from 25 October, Brazzaville from 26 October and a triangular Algiers–Lagos–Abuja service from 26 October, each planned at three flights a week. New Delhi and Kuwait were mentioned without launch dates, so they remain only possibilities. These routes matter mostly to business travellers and to people connecting between Africa and Asia, but they also show how the carrier is positioning Algiers as a hub.
Planning around the latest Algeria airlines news
Taken together, the reports describe a network that is growing in some directions and shrinking seasonally in others. The confirmed items are the Athens start date, the Murcia start date and weekdays, the Berlin launch and the Shanghai inauguration. Still open are the Athens timetable and fares, any change to the Berlin winter routing, and whether Volotea adjusts its January to March pause.
- Check the airline's own timetable before booking, because published schedules in this period have been revised more than once.
- Compare the baggage rules on low-cost fares, since Volotea charges extra for bags and seat selection.
- Remember the one-hour time difference between Algeria and Germany in summer, which disappears in winter.
- For Berlin, confirm whether the flight in a given week is nonstop or has a stop in Frankfurt.
All information reflects what was published up to 3 November 2026 and may change.