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Tunisair Express (French: Société des Lignes Intérieures et Internationales, Arabic: الخطوط التونسية السريعة) is an airline based in Tunis, Tunisia that was founded on 1 August 1991. Formerly known as Tuninter (Arabic: الخطوط الدولية) and SevenAir (Arabic: طيران السابع), its parent company is the national carrier Tunisair. It operates to destinations within Tunisia as well as some services to Italy, France, and Malta.
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tunis-Carthage International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Parent company | Tunisair | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||
| Key people | Moncef Zouari, General Manager | ||||||
| Website | tunisairexpress.com.tn | ||||||
History
From its founding in 1990 until 2000, Tunisair Express was known in French as Tuninter, and bore the Arabic name "Domestic Airline" (الخطوط الداخلية). Initially limited to domestic routes (it is still the only airline to fly internally within Tunisia), Tuninter, as it was then known, obtained permission to begin international operations in 2000. On 7 July 2007 (7/7/7), the airline was renamed "SevenAir" (Compagnie Aérienne Sevenair Tunisie, طيران السابع). SevenAir was owned by a relative of the wife of the former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, and was renamed TunisAir Express following Ben Ali's departure from Tunisia on 14 January 2011.[1] Tunisair Express transported a total of six million passengers between 1992 and 2008, carrying 300,000 passengers in 2008 alone.
In December 2015, it has been announced that Tunisair Express will be merged into Tunisair in the foreseeable future to achieve a better profitability.[2]
Destinations
As of June 2015, Tunisair Express operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[3]
| City | Country | Airport | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djerba | Tunisia | Djerba–Zarzis International Airport | |
| Gabès | Tunisia | Gabès – Matmata International Airport | |
| Gafsa | Tunisia | Gafsa – Ksar International Airport | |
| Malta | Malta | Malta International Airport | |
| Monastir | Tunisia | Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport | |
| Naples | Italy | Naples International Airport | |
| Palermo | Italy | Palermo International Airport | |
| Sfax | Tunisia | Sfax–Thyna International Airport | |
| Tabarka | Tunisia | Tabarka-Ain Draham International Airport | |
| Tozeur | Tunisia | Tozeur–Nefta International Airport | |
| Tunis | Tunisia | Tunis-Carthage International Airport | Hub |
Fleet
As of January 2020[update], the Tunisair Express fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| ATR 72-500 | 2 | — | 70 | |
| ATR 72-600 | 2 | 1[5] | 72 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | ||
Accidents and incidents
- 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153: a Tuninter ATR-72 crash-landed in the sea 18 miles off Palermo, Sicily while on a flight from the Italian town of Bari to Djerba in Tunisia. The aircraft was carrying 39 passengers and crew, 16 of whom died. Officials at Bari airport reported that most of the passengers were Italian tourists. The fuel indicator was reading incorrectly because it was designed to be fitted only in a smaller plane: the ATR42. Therefore, the crew did not detect that the aircraft was running low on fuel. The turboprop suffered fuel exhaustion and the ATR72 ditched off the Sicilian coast. The airline was banned from flying into Italy for almost two years.[6]
References
- (in French) « Sevenair devient officiellement Tunisair Express », Business News, 8 mars 2011
- ch-aviation.com - Tunisair Express to be merged into Tunisair 14 December 2015
- "Our network". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- "Tunisair Express Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- "Tunisair Express acquires three ATR 72-600 aircraft". aviation24.be. 5 September 2019.
- John Hooper (25 March 2009). "Tunisian pilot who prayed as his plane went down jailed in Italy". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
External links
Media related to Tunisair Express at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- Archives of the Tuninter website (in French)
- Aviation Safety Network summary
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На других языках
[de] Tunisair Express
Tunisair Express (arabisch الخطوط التونسية السريعة, ursprünglich Tuninter, danach Sevenair) ist eine tunesische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Tunis und Basis auf dem Flughafen Tunis. Sie ist eine Tochtergesellschaft der Tunisair.- [en] Tunisair Express
[fr] Tunisair Express
Tunisair Express (code AITA : UG, code OACI : TUX), nom commercial de la Société des lignes intérieures et internationales, est une compagnie aérienne tunisienne fondée le 1er août 1991. Elle est une filiale de la compagnie nationale Tunisair mais acquiert son autonomie dans tous les domaines d'activités en mars 1992.[it] Tunisair Express
Tunisair Express, precedentemente nota come Sevenair e prima ancora come Tuninter, è una compagnia aerea regionale tunisina pubblica, posseduta al 98% da Tunisair. Tunisair Express opera in Italia, Malta e Tunisia.[1][ru] Tunisair Express
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