Société Tunisienne de l'Air, or Tunisair (Arabic: الخطوط 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. The airline's head office is in Tunis, near Tunis Airport.^[1]

Tunisair is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History[link]

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. In its early years of operation, the title used on its aircraft was Tunis Air.

Tunis Air Douglas DC-4 at Paris (Orly) Airport in 1957

Tunis Air Sud Aviation Caravelle in 1977.

The first aircraft type to be operated was the twin-engined Douglas DC-3 and this was followed from 1954 by the larger four-engined Douglas DC-4, which was used on services to Paris.

The first jet-powered equipment was added in 1961 when the twin-engined Sud Caravelle was introduced to the fleet. The first of Tunisair's higher capacity Boeing 727 tri-jets was delivered in February 1972.

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 21 October 1998, Tunisair celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its creation, and beginning to retire their Boeing 727s.

In 1999, Tunisair and Air France signed an agreement to form an alliance. That agreement was set to end on 4 January 2010.

For this reason, in April 2008 Tunisair ordered new aircraft from the Airbus A330 and then three aircraft from the Airbus A350. This is the third African airline Tunisair, the aircraft of this type has been ordered.

Tunisair Airbus A320-200 lands at London Heathrow Airport, England. (2007)

Tunisair Airbus A300-600 at Paris-Orly

Destinations[link]

Tunisair flies to destinations across Africa, Asia and Europe. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport.

Fleet[link]

The Tunisair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 9 November 2011):^[2]

Fleet details[link]

Boeing 737-600 (Tozeur Nefta)

As of June 2011, the average age of the Tunisair fleet is 11.7 years.^[3]

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.^[4]

1970[link]

Head office[link]

Head office of Tunisair

Tunisair's head office is located on Route X near Tunis-Carthage Airport in Tunis.^[6] When the company first started in 1948, its head office was at 1 Rue d'Athènes in Tunis.^[7] In August 1972 the airline moved to 113 Avenue de la Liberté to accommodate the employees of Tunisair's main departments.^[8] In November 1991 the airline moved to its current head office.^[9]

References[link]

External links[link]

	Tunisia portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tunisair

• Official website
• Tunisair quotes on the Tunis Stock Exchange

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Abdelkarim Harouni is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Transportation under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.^[1][2]

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Abdelkarim Harouni was born on December 17, 1960 in La Marsa.^[2]

Politics[link]

He was a founding member and twice Secretary General of the student union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).^[2] He also served as Secretary General of the Freedom and Justice Association.^[2] In 1990, he became the editor of al Fajr, the flagship publication of the Ennahda Movement.^[2] He was arrested in 1990, and sentenced to prison in 1992.^[2] He was tortured and subjected to solitary confinement.^[2] He was released on November 7, 2007, but he still fell prey to the police's intimidation and harassment.^[2]

On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Transportation.^[2] He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia until he resigned in April 2012.^[2][3]

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