{"id":79716,"date":"2026-09-24T02:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79716"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:04:41","slug":"dzw-548778159ce4d9b1ae0322a10852c8a4fd628d61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79716","title":{"rendered":"New A330-900neo for Air Alg\u00e9rie Conducts First Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Alg\u00e9rie<\/a>&#39;s sixth Airbus A330-900neo has successfully completed its initial test flight in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, registered 7T-VJG (F-WWYF during trials), conducted approximately four hours of flight, marking the commencement of its testing campaign before joining the national airline&#39;s fleet.<\/p>\n<p>This latest development is part of <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/airalgerie.dz\/ar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Air Alg\u00e9rie<\/a>&#39;s ongoing fleet modernization efforts. The national carrier has already received five Airbus A330-900neo aircraft since late 2025, with this sixth unit now progressing towards delivery. An additional seventh Airbus is also anticipated to be delivered to Air Alg\u00e9rie before the conclusion of the current year, further expanding its wide-body fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition and integration of these new aircraft underscore Air Alg\u00e9rie&#39;s significant progress in enhancing its operational capabilities and fleet modernity. With five Airbus aircraft already received and two more awaited this year, alongside three Boeing 737 Max 8s, Air Alg\u00e9rie&#39;s expansion outpaces several regional counterparts, including Royal Air Maroc, which has received two Boeing 787-9s, Egyptair with four Airbus A350-900s, and Ethiopian Airlines, which has not received any wide-body aircraft this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Alg\u00e9rie&#8217;s sixth Airbus A330-900neo has completed its initial test flight in Toulouse, France, marking a step towards its integration into the national carrier&#8217;s fleet. This development is part of the ongoing modernization efforts for Air Alg\u00e9rie&#8217;s aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79717,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79716\/revisions\/79717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}