Tunisair Express
Tunisair Express الخطوط التونسية السريعة |
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IATA code : | Basement |
ICAO code : | TUX |
Call sign : | TUNEXPRESS |
Founding: | 1991 (as Tuninter) |
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Tunis , Tunisia![]() |
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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
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 |
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ATR 72-500 |
TS-LBD
TS-LBE |
Hasdrubal | 70 |
ATR 72-600 |
TS-LBF
TS-LBG |
Bulla Regia | 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.
See also
Web links
- 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)