Air Algerie plans to buy Airbus, Boeing jets - official

ALGIERS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Algeria's national carrier Air Algerie will sign deals to purchase three 250-seat passenger jets from Airbus AIR.PA and eight 150-seat jets from Boeing

, an official at Air Algerie said on Monday.

The company will also sign a deal to purchase another three 70-seat aircraft from ATR, said the official, who asked not to be identified. Air Algerie, fully-owned by the government, has a fleet of 42 passenger jets and two cargo aircraft.

(Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; writing by Patrick Markey, editing by Louise Heavens)

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