<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Ain Arnat Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Before 1939: </strong>The airfield opened in 1919 when the territory was part of French Algeria. The 36th African Aviation Regiment was composed of three African Aviation Groups (GAA); the 3rd GAA was based at S&eacute;tif airfield, with the 544 and 549 squadrons.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Before 1962: </strong>The base became Air Base 144 S&eacute;tif-A&iuml;n Arnat. On October 1, 1947, the 3rd Artillery Aviation Group (GAOA 3) installed its aircraft. On April 29, 1955, the Helicopter Group n&deg;2 (GH 2) stationed its aircraft. On August 2, 1959, the helicopter base n&deg;101 was created. The base was dissolved in 1962.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Since 1962: </strong>After Algeria's independence, the airport was named "8 May 1945" in reference to the killings of Setif, Guelma and Kherrata that took place on that date.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport of Setif was a military airport from independence until 1993, when work began on the construction of the terminal building, and the airport was given a national vocation.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Between 2005 and 2007 the terminal was expanded from 2,900 m2 to 6,590 m2, allowing the terminal to increase its capacity to 250,000 passengers/year.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The runway and parking lot were rebuilt in 2016, and a taxiway was also built at the same time, which resulted in the airport being closed for 10 months.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Another extension and modernization of the terminal building was carried out between 2019 and 2021, doubling the airport's capacity from 250,000 passengers per year to more than 450,000 passengers per year.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-1 pt-2">Transportation Ain Arnat Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car: </strong>Avalon Airport is linked to Geelong and Melbourne by the adjacent Princes Freeway. The airport has 1,500 airport car spaces, a taxi rank and a ride-share pick-up/drop-off bay.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Coach:</strong> In 2017, Skybus launched services from the Melbourne CBD and Geelong to Avalon Airport.</li>
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<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="Transportation Ain Arnat Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/ain/a1.webp" alt="Transportation Ain Arnat Airport"></p>
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