Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA Image : Eurospot@cliper31
Air Algerie, the national airline of Algeria, launches non-stop scheduled flight from Algiers to KLIA, one of two international gateways to Kuala Lumpur after Subang, on 29 March 2026. It will fly twice weekly to KLIA.
On 29 March 2026, according to schedules, Air Algerie flight AH3156 departs from Algiers for KLIA at 5.55 pm, touches down in KLIA Terminal 1 at 1.30 pm on 30 March 2026 before leaving KLIA for Algiers at 3.30 pm under flight AH3157 and landing in Algiers at 11.15 pm local time.
The above timings are effective for travel on Sundays (Algiers-KLIA) and Mondays (KLIA-Algiers).
On Wednesdays beginning 1 April 2026, flight AH3156 leaves Algiers for KLIA at 8.55 pm, touches down in KLIA at 4.30 pm on Thursdays before taking off from KLIA for Algiers at 6.30 pm under flight AH3157 and arriving in Algiers at 2.15 am on Fridays.
Air Algerie flies to KLIA with its newly-acquired A330-900 (A330neo) aircraft, which it has taken delivery from Airbus on 13 November 2025.
Air Algerie is the third African airline to fly to Malaysia after Air Mauritius and Ethiopian Airlines while Kuala Lumpur is the first city in Southeast Asia on the airline's continental network. Beside Kuala Lumpur, the African airline also flies to Daxing and Guangzhou in China, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Dubai, Jeddah and Medina in the Middle East.
The airline plans to receive seven additional A330neo aircraft and will become the largest operator of the aircraft type in Africa. These aircraft will enable Air Algerie to launch transatlantic routes and more routes to Asia.
Air Algerie's A330neo is configured in a comfortable three-class cabin layout with 18 full-flat Business Class seats, 24 Premium Economy Class seats and 266 Economy Class seats.
