{"id":6972,"date":"2019-04-08T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2019-04-08T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:20:41","slug":"algeria-bans-ga-ba-flights-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/algeria-bans-ga-ba-flights-amid-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria lifts ban on GA\/BA flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amid ongoing anti-government protests, authorities published a Notam on Apr 2 banning all GA\/BA flights from operating at airports across the country. But following the resignation of Algeria&#8217;s President Bouteflika, this ban was cancelled on Apr 4, and replaced with the following restriction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>A1058\/19<\/strong> &#8211; AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN ALGERIA AND ABROAD OPERATED FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES ARE SUBJECT TO ISSUANCE OF AN AUTHORIZATION TO OVERFLY AND\/OR LANDING THE NATIONAL TERRITORY BY THE ALGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY. 04 APR 19:10 2019 UNTIL 30 APR 12:00 2019 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 04 APR 19:09 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that effectively means the situation has returned to normal: for landings and overflights, you will need a permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Algerian media <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"reported (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/world\/2019-04-01-private-jets-banned-from-flying-out-of-algeria-for-a-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> the initial decision to ban GA\/BA flights was most likely aimed at &#8220;stopping certain prominent individuals from fleeing abroad&#8221; &#8211; after a businessman affiliated with the President was arrested as he tried to cross the border into neighbouring Tunisia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although anti-government protests still continue, there is no longer any significant impact to flight operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid ongoing anti-government protests, authorities published a Notam on Apr 2 banning all GA\/BA flights&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":6973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[439,1229],"class_list":{"0":"post-6972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-item","8":"tag-algeria","9":"tag-daaa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6978,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions\/6978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}