 Monastir - Habib Bourguiba International Airport Location of Monastir - Habib Bourguiba International Airport, Tunisia Monastir - Habib Bourguiba International Airport (French: Aéroport International de Monastir - Habib Bourguiba, Arabic: مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي) (IATA: MIR, ICAO: DTMB) is an airport serving Monastir in Tunisia.[3] It is mostly used by charter airlines bringing tourists to Tunisian resorts. In addition, it serves as the main airport for the city of Sousse. Handling and ground services are provided by Nouvelair. In 2007, the airport handled 4,279,802 passengers. [edit] Airlines and destinations | Airlines | Destinations | | Air Berlin | Berlin-Schönefeld [begins 4 May, seasonal], Berlin-Tegel [seasonal], Cologne/Bonn [seasonal], Dresden [seasonal], Düsseldorf, Frankfurt [seasonal], Hamburg [seasonal], Hanover [seasonal], Leipzig/Halle [seasonal], Münster/Osnabrück [seasonal], Munich [seasonal], Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt [seasonal] | | Air Berlin operated by Belair | Zürich [begins 8 May, seasonal] | | Air Italy Polska | Katowice [seasonal], Warsaw [seasonal] | | Air Méditerranée | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Arkefly | Amsterdam | | Finnair | Helsinki | | Hello | Zürich [seasonal] | | Jat Airways | Belgrade | | Jet2.com | Leeds/Bradford [begins 23 May; seasonal], Manchester [begins 29 May; seasonal], Newcastle [begins 27 June; seasonal] | | Jetairfly | Brussels, Liège | | Karthago Airlines | Belgrade [seasonal], St Petersburg, Verona | | Livingston | Verona | | Luxair | Luxembourg | | Nouvelair | Belfast, Belgrade [seasonal], Cork, Djerba [seasonal], Düsseldorf, Dublin, Hamburg, Katowice, Muenster, Munich, Rostock-Laage, Verona, Warsaw [seasonal], Wroclaw [seasonal] | | Palmair | Bournemouth | | Sevenair | Malta, Tunis | | SmartLynx Airlines | Riga [seasonal] | | Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich | | TAROM | Bucharest-Otopeni [seasonal] | | Thomas Cook Airlines | Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield [seasonal], East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne | | Thomson Airways | Birmingham, Bournemouth [begins 2 May], Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne | | Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | | Transavia.com | Amsterdam | | Transavia.com France | Lyon, Paris-Orly | | Travel Service (Hungary) | Debrecen | | Tunis Air | Belgrade, Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Geneva, Luxembourg, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nice, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Zürich | | XL Airways France | Lille, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle | [edit] World War II During World War II, the airport was known as Monastir Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 81st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign. The 81st flew P-39 Aircobras from the airfield between 26 May-10 Aug 1943 [edit] References  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975
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