A regular nonstop route between Korea and North African Algeria will open. It is the second nonstop route to Africa after Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on the 20th that, at bilateral aviation talks held on the 7th in Algiers, Algeria, the two sides agreed to open a nonstop route and set traffic rights. Under the agreement, the shared passenger and cargo traffic rights allow four flights a week. Departures and arrivals can be made at any airport in both countries, including regional airports.
The Korea–Algeria air services agreement was signed in January 2005 and took effect in July 2009, but no concrete consultations on setting traffic rights had been conducted. As a result, there had been criticism that supply was insufficient compared with the African continent's growth potential and travel demand.
Currently, the only nonstop route linking Korea and Africa is the Incheon–Addis Ababa, Ethiopia route. The government expects that the new traffic rights will expand the African air network and secure transfer demand connecting not only Algeria but also Africa and some Mediterranean-adjacent countries.