Tunisair (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التونسية) is the flag carrier airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to European, African and Middle Eastern destinations. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport.
Tunisair is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
[edit] History
In 1948, the Tunisian government reached an agreement with Air France and Tunisair was created. It started operations in 1949. By 1957, the number of shares held by Air France were decreased and the Tunisian government became the largest shareholder in Tunisair.
By 1990, 2 Airbus A320 aircraft were added to its fleet.
During 1993-1998, Tunisair began to expand its services across Europe by starting flights to Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Bratislava, Lisbon, Linz, Salzburg, Graz, Moscow, Beirut and Stockholm. Only Beirut and Stockholm are served by regular scheduled flights, Lisbon is seasonal. The rest are served by charter flights. The Moscow flight has been discontinued, even in charter.
On October 21, 1998 Tunisair celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its creation, and beginning to remove their Boeing 727s.
In 1999 Tunisair and Air France signed an agreement to form an alliance. That agreement is set to end on January 4, 2010.
[edit] Destinations
Tunisair flies to 53 destinations across Africa, Asia and Europe. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Below are the destinations served at September 2009:
The Tunisair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2009):
As of 4 November 2008, the average age of the Tunisair fleet is 12.6 years. [2]
On 15 July 2008, Airbus announced that Tunisair had placed a firm order for 16 aircraft (10 A320-200s, 3 A330-200s and 3 A350-800s) for fleet renewal and expansion in a deal valued at $1.6 billion.[3]
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