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Boeing selected for $294m deal with Algeria's Tassili Airlines

Algeria's Tassili Airlines (TA) signed a draft deal on Sunday worth $294m with US planemaker Boeing for three 737-800 aircraft, Algeria's state news agency APS reported. The three 155-seat aircraft would be delivered during the second half of 2018, APS said, citing officials. Tassili Airlines, which is owned by state energy firm Sonatrach, currently has a fleet of 12 planes. The draft deal was signed by the head of Tassili Airlines, Belkacem Harchaoui, and Boeing's vice-president for Africa and Latin America, Van Rex Gallard. "The deal was won by Boeing after a national and international tender," APS quoted Harchaoui as saying.<br/>