Air Algérie is a carrier that doesn't do connections and Algeria is not very tourist friendly either.
The main source of revenue is related to oil and gas based in the Desert town of Hassi Messaoud -
From Gatwick this had a direct flight by Air Algérie for a time however the oil contracts are now covered by regular charters.
The very brief Manchester service some winters ago [2002-2003] accounted for something like 4 to 6 rotations maximum and non carried more the a few tens of passengers plus a ton or so of cargo.
The flight was expected to win some oil contracts however these never materialised and flight folded. A spate of terrorist incidents in Algeria around that time didn't help ether.
Given the UK petrochemical industries are clustered just west of Manchester I can't for the life of me understand why they would look at Birmingham !
Last edited by rutankrd; 22nd Dec 2012 at 14:12.