Tunisair Express

Tunisair Express
IATA ICAO Callsign
UG TUX TUNEXPRESS
Founded 1991
Hubs Tunis-Carthage International Airport
Fleet size 4
Destinations 12
Parent company Tunisair
Headquarters Tunis, Tunisia
Key people Moncef Zouari, General Manager
Website tunisairexpress.com.tn

Tunisair Express (French: Société des Lignes Intérieures et Internationales, Tunisian Arabic: الخطوط التونسية السريعة) is an airline based in Tunis, Tunisia that was founded on August 1, 1991. Formerly known as Tuninter (Tunisian Arabic: الخطوط الدولية) and SevenAir (Tunisian 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.

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. In honor of the date on which it opened its first international routes (7/7/2000), 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 January 14, 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

A former Tuninter ATR-72 now operated by Tunisair Express
A former Sevenair Bombardier CRJ-900 now operated by Tunisair Express

As of June 2015, Tunisair Express operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[3]

Hub
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Ref
Djerba TunisiaDJEDTTJDjerba–Zarzis International Airport
Gabès TunisiaGAEDTTGGabès – Matmata International Airport
Gafsa TunisiaGAFDTTFGafsa – Ksar International Airport
Malta MaltaMLALMMLMalta International Airport
Monastir TunisiaMIRDTMBMonastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport
Naples ItalyNAPLIRNNaples International Airport
Sfax TunisiaSFADTTXSfax–Thyna International Airport
Tabarka TunisiaTBJDTKATabarka-Ain Draham International Airport
Toulon FranceTLNLFTHToulon-Hyères Airport
Tozeur TunisiaTOEDTTZTozeur–Nefta International Airport
Tunis TunisiaTUNDTAATunis-Carthage International Airport

Fleet

As of March 2016, the Tunisair Express fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]

Tunisair Express Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 72-500 3 70
Bombardier CRJ-900 1 88
Total 4

Accidents and incidents

References

External links

Media related to Tunisair Express at Wikimedia Commons


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