Star Aviation is an

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

based at

Hassi Messaoud Hassi Messaoud () is a town in Ouargla Province, eastern Algeria, located southeast of Ouargla. As of 2008 it had a population of 45,147 people, up from 40,360 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.1%, the lowest in the province. O ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. It operates domestic services and its main base is

Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport () is an airport serving Hassi Messaoud, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located southeast of the city. The airport is named for Krim Belkacem (1922–1970), an Algerian revolutionary ...

, Hassi Messaoud.

History

Star Aviation is the aircraft operation of the RedMed Group (a private company providing a wide range of logistics and other services to companies in the oil and gas sector in the Hassi Messaoud area). Since beginning operations in 2001, there have been no fatalities as a result of Star Aviation operations.

Fleet

The Star Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft: * 1

Pilatus PC-6 The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine- ...

* 3

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking ...

(at August 2019) * 2

Beechcraft 1900 The Beechcraft 1900 is a U.S made twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With customers favoring ...

* 1 Cessna 525A * 2 Cessna C560 XLS+

References

External links

RedMed GroupZimex Group
2001 establishments in Algeria Airlines of Algeria Airlines established in 2001 {{Algeria-transport-stub