Study in Algeria - GETTING TO ALGERIA

By Air

You can fly from Algeria to Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa. There are no direct flights to the Americas, Asia, or Oceania. Daily flights to Casablanca and Tunis.

Algeria's national airline is Air Algérie (AH).

Air Algérie (AH)
1 Place Maurice Audin Alger, Algeria Tél:  +021 68 95 05
Website: http://www.airalgerie.dz/index.jsp

Other airlines serving Algeria are Balkan, Egyptair, Royal Air Maroc, Saudia, Syrian Arab Airlines, and Tunis Air. International airports are Algiers (ALG) (Houari Boumediène) which is about 12 miles (20km) east of Algiers.

Algiers International Airport
Website: http://algiersairport.free.fr/

Buses and trains will get you into the city in about 30 minutes and operate from 0600-1900. Taxis are also available.

By Road

The main road entry points are Maghnia (Morocco), Souk-Ahras, Tebessa and El Kala (Tunisia), Fort Thiriet (Libya), In Guezzam (Niger) and Bordj Mokhtar (Mali). There is a pretty good network of paved roads in the coastal regions and paved roads also connect the major towns in the northern Sahara. Further south, the only really good roads are the stretches of paved roads on the two trans-Saharan 'highways', one of which runs to the west through Reggane and up through Morocco to the coast, and the other through Tamanrasset and Djanet and on to Ghardaia and Algiers.

Please note that many desert 'roads' are not what you might expect, but rather, up to 6 mile-wide (10km) areas of unimproved desert that are suitable only for well-maintained 4-wheel-drive vehicles.

Coach services, run by National Travel and Transport Company, offer international routes to Tunisia and Morocco.

By Sea

The major shipping line is Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs-Algérie Ferries.

The main ports are Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Béjaia and Oran. Regular shipping lines serve Algiers from Mediterranean ports.