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Tunisia’s national carrier TunisAir will acquire next month two narrow-body A320ceos and two others next year, CEO Khaled Chelly announced during the annual general meeting amid declining financial performance by the airline. K. Chelly said the four jets will be added to the current 17 being operated by the airline as part of efforts to […]
Tunisia’s Transport ministry, representative of the State in the national carrier TunisAir, announced Wednesday August 9 plans to restructure the country’s flagship carrier hit by debts amounting to hundreds of millions of euros. Rabie El Majidi head of the department made the announcement in the presence of several officials, including TunisAir Chief Executive Officer, Khaled […]
Tunisia’s national carrier acquired Monday a new aircraft, Airbus A320-200, as part of the airline’s plans to revamp its fleet. The acquisition is the result of a lease contract. The jet was formerly used by Bahrain’s carrier Gulf Air. In a statement, the carrier also announced the future acquisition of four other aircrafts under the […]
Tunisia’s national carrier TunisAir took delivery Saturday of a new aircraft, A320neo type, as part of efforts to revamp its fleet. The aircraft is the fourth the airline is receiving after three it received in December 2021, February and November this year. The airline is set to take delivery of another narrow body passenger jet […]
Olfa Hamdi, ex Chief Executive Officer of Tunisia’s national carrier TunisAir, is expected tp launch this Thursday her political party, one year after her sacking. Hamdi named the party La troisième République [The Third Republic] as stated in a Facebook live. Hamdi was appointed CEO of the national carrier on Jan. 07 2021 with the […]
Tunisia’s national carrier, TunisAir, signed Thursday an acquisition deal with Airbus for four A320 neo passenger jets with possibility for a fifth one following the delivery of the ordered aircraft, Tunisie Numerique reports. The airline will take delivery of the first jet in December whereas the remaining three will be delivered in the course of […]
A TunisAir passenger jet bound for the French city of Lyon made Monday an emergency landing at Tunis-Carthage after takeoff owing to a technical problem, Tunisie Numerique reports citing transport minister Moez Chakchouk. The jet carrying 109 passengers was forced to return Chakchouk indicated adding that the technical problem is common with aged aircraft. The […]
Tunisia’s national carrier, TunisAir, will sign on March 05, a debt settlement agreement with the Civil Aviation and Airport Authority (OACA) and Turkish airport operator TAV Airports to which it owes several million euros, Webdo Tunis reports. TunisAir and TAV Airports managing Enfidha-Hammamet and Monastir HAbib Bourguiba airports have found themselves in a conflict […]
Olfa Hamdi, the new CEO of Tunisia’s national carrier, has named an international committee to help her implement a reconstruction program for the low performing airline. The committee is made up of national and global aviation industry leaders. The nine-member strategic committee includes Mitchell Weisberg, former Kaplan Norton team member, Expert in strategy of Fortune […]
Tunisia’s national carrier, Tunisair, will, in February, cut up to 400 jobs as part of the restructuring plan already in execution, Tunis Webdo reports. The airline CEO, Ilyes Mnakbi, said the operation is aimed at shedding positions deems superfluous as the airline seeks to ease its financial burden. The carrier currently employs 8,000 people. It […]