Karthago Airlines

Karthago Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign 5R KAJ KARTHAGO
Founded	2001
Fleet size	1
Destinations	3
Parent company	Karthago Group
Headquarters	Tunis, Tunisia
Key people	Belhassen Trabelsi

A Karthago Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Stuttgart Airport (2006).

Karthago Airlines was a privately owned airline based in Tunis, Tunisia, operating scheduled charter flights to Europe. Its main base was in Djerba-Zarzis Airport, but most of the flights were out of Tunis-Carthage International Airport.^[1]

History

The airline was established in 2001 and was owned by the Karthago Group (58 percent) and banks, insurers and tour trade investors (42 percent).^[1] The company had a stake in Egyptian airline KoralBlue Airlines, which was based at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.

Destinations

For the winter season 2010/11, Karthago Airlines was contracted to serve the following destinations on a regular, scheduled basis:

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen - Copenhagen Airport
• Sweden
  • Stockholm - Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
• Tunisia
  • Tunis - Tunis-Carthage International Airport base

Fleet

As of January 2011, the Karthago Airlines fleet consisted of only one aircraft, a 21-year-old Boeing 737-300, which was equipped with 148 passenger seats in an all-economy class cabin layout.^[2]

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. p. 99.
2. Karthago Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net