Tunisair Express

Tunisair Express ; الخطوط التونسية السريعة
IATA code :	Basement
ICAO code :	TUX
Call sign :	TUNEXPRESS
Founding:	1991 (as Tuninter)
Seat:	Tunis , Tunisia
Turnstile :	Tunis airport
Home airport :	Tunis airport
IATA prefix code :	150
Management:	Yosr Chouari
Sales:	36.5 million TND (2017)
Profit:	−15.2 million TND (2017)
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.tunisairexpress.net

Tunisair Express ( Arabic الخطوط التونسية السريعة, originally Tuninter , later Sevenair ) is a Tunisian airline based in Tunis and based at Tunis Airport . It is a subsidiary of Tunisair .

history

It was founded on August 1, 1991 as a regional airline under the name Tuninter . At the request of then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was renamed to Sevenair , due to the number seven on the basis of his coming to power on November 7, 1987 symbolically on 7 July 2007. After the Tunisian revolution , the airline was renamed again and since then known as the Tunisair Express .

At the end of 2015 it was announced that Tunisair Express would be merged with the parent company Tunisair.

Destinations

Tunisair Express mainly flies to national destinations from Tunis . In addition, Malta , Naples and Palermo are served as international destinations . There are also charter flights.

fleet

ATR 72-200 TS-LBC in the livery of the Tuninter

Bombardier CRJ900 TS-ISA Didon in Sevenair livery

Current fleet

As of March 2020, the Tunisair Express fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 6.3 years:

Aircraft type	Aircraft registration	Baptismal name	Seats
ATR 72-500	TS-LBD TS-LBE	Hasdrubal Hannibal	70
ATR 72-600	TS-LBF TS-LBG	Bulla Regia Kerkouane	72

Former fleet

In the past, Tunisair Express operated, among others, the following types of aircraft:

Incidents

On August 6, 2005, an ATR 72-200 with the aircraft registration TS-LBB had to make an emergency landing on Tuninter flight 1153 on the way from Bari to Djerba off Sicily due to a lack of fuel. 16 people were killed. The cause of the fuel shortage was a tank level indicator installed the day before, which was unsuitable for this type of aircraft.

Web links

Commons : Tunisair Express - collection of images, videos and audio files

Tunisair Express website (French)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Omar El Oudi: Ilyes MNAKBI: Tunisair devra se débarrasser de 4800 employés pour équilibrer sa situation. In: ilboursa.com. January 8, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 (French).
↑ businessnews.com - Sevenair change du nom, January 19, 2011 (French), accessed April 22, 2015
↑ ch-aviation - Tunisair Express to be merged into Tunisair (English), accessed on December 16, 2015
^ Vols Réguliers et Charter par Tunisair Express. Retrieved February 23, 2020 (French).
^ Tunisair Express Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
↑ tunisairexpress.net - Notre flotte (French), accessed on May 16, 2017
^ François Duclos: Un deuxième ATR 72-600 pour Tunisair. In: Air Journal. January 2, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 (French).
↑ Aircraft accident data and report for Tuninter flight 1153 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

[Chiffres-1] Omar El Oudi: Ilyes MNAKBI: Tunisair devra se débarrasser de 4800 employés pour équilibrer sa situation. In: ilboursa.com. January 8, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 (French).

[2] usinessnews.com - Sevenair change du nom, January 19, 2011 (French), accessed April 22, 2015

[3] -aviation - Tunisair Express to be merged into Tunisair (English), accessed on December 16, 2015

[4] Vols Réguliers et Charter par Tunisair Express. Retrieved February 23, 2020 (French).

[5] Tunisair Express Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .

[6] tunisairexpress.net - Notre flotte (French), accessed on May 16, 2017

[7] François Duclos: Un deuxième ATR 72-600 pour Tunisair. In: Air Journal. January 2, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 (French).

[8] Aircraft accident data and report for Tuninter flight 1153 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)