Tunisair

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Tunisair

IATA TU	ICAO TAR	Callsign TUNAIR
Founded		1948
Hubs		Tunis-Carthage International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Tunisair Frequent Flyers
Member lounge		Espace Privilege
Alliance		Arab Air Carriers Organization
Fleet size		29
Destinations		49
Headquarters		Tunis, Tunisia
Key people		Youssef Neji (CEO)
Website: http://www.tunisair.com

Tunisair Airbus A320-200.

Tunisair (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التونسية) is the national flag carrier airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to European, African and Middle Eastern destinations. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport.

Tunisair is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

1 Destinations
2 Fleet
3 Incidents and accidents
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Destinations

Tunisair serves more than 49 destinations with regularly scheduled flights and 80 destinations with charter flight services.

For scheduled destinations of Tunisair, see full article: Tunisair destinations.

[edit] Fleet

The Tunisair fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2006:^[1]

**Tunisair Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers (First/Economy)
Airbus A300-600R	3	263 (28/235)
Airbus A319-100	3 (1 order)	144 (144)
Airbus A320-200	12	145 (25/120) 174 (174)
Boeing 727-200	1
Boeing 737-200	2
Boeing 737-200C	1
Boeing 737-500	4	126 (126)
Boeing 737-600	7	126 (126)

The Tunisair average fleet age was 11.3 years in March 2007.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On 6 August 2005 a Tuninter ATR-72 (Tuninter is a subsidiary of Tunisair for short distance flights) crash-landed in the sea 18 miles off the Sicilian coast while on a charter flight from the Italian town of Bari to Djerba in Tunisia. The aircraft was carrying 39 passengers and crew, 16 of whom died. It would appear that engine trouble was the cause of the incident, although a full investigation has yet to be conducted. Officials at Bari airport reported that most of the passengers were young Italian tourists.

The investigation discovered that during maintenance the fuel gauge was replaced with the fuel gauge from an ATR-42. While the two gauges appeare identical, they they do not work in the same manner, and the gauge showed that there was more fuel in the tanks than in truth, and it tricked the crew into a flight which could not be completed.