Djerba–Zarzis International Airport
| Djerba–Zarzis International Airport Aéroport international de Djerba-Zarzis مطار جربة جرجيس الدولي | |||||||||||
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  DJE | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Tunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Djerba, Tunisia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′30″N 10°46′31″E / 33.87500°N 10.77528°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.djerbaairport.net | ||||||||||
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Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Djerba-Zarzis, Arabic: مطار جربة جرجيس الدولي) (IATA: DJE, ICAO: DTTJ) is an airport serving the island of Djerba in Tunisia.[5] The airport begain operation in 1970.[6]
Airlines and destinations
Charters
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Arkefly | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam |
| Nouvelair | Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Bologna, Bordeaux, Cologne/Bonn, Hannover, Katowice, Lisbon, Munich, Manchester, Stuttgart, St Petersburg, Verona |
| Syphax Airlines | Seasonal charter: Ljubljana |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Seasonal charter: Brussels |
| TUIfly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda |
Accidents and incidents
- On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, a Tuninter ATR-72 en route from Bari to Djerba, Tunisia, ditched into the Mediterranean Sea about 18 miles from the city of Palermo. 16 of the 39 people on board died. The accident resulted from engine fuel starvation that resulted from the installation of the wrong fuel quantity indicator. The fuel quantity indicator installed had been calibrated for the smaller ATR-42 aircraft and showed significantly more fuel than was actually in the tank of the larger ATR 72. When the aircraft ran out of fuel, the indicator still showed 1800 kilograms of fuel remaining thus confusing the crew for several minutes. Both engines stopped and the crew was forced to ditch the airliner in the sea.[10]
- The airport was a stopover for Air Berlin chartered flight AB7377, which was involved in a bomb scare. During loading at Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia, a suitcase was discovered that contained a clock, batteries and a firing mechanism. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the object was part of a test to assess the quality of airport screening procedures. The A330-200 aircraft was examined with an explosives sniffer dog, before it was allowed to fly to Munich Airport, via a stopover in Djerba.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Airports Council International (ACI)
- ↑ "L'apport de l'OACA dans le tourisme" (in French). OACA. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ Airport information for DTTJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for DJE at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ↑ Djerba–Zarzis International Airport at Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aeroports (OACA)
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9roport_international_de_Djerba-Zarzis#cite_note-1
- ↑ "Germania Planned New S15 Routes as of 19NOV14". Airline Route. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
- ↑ http://www.vueling.com/en
- ↑ Description of the 06 AUG 2005 accident of a ATR-72-202 TS-LBB from Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ http://www.bz-berlin.de/aktuell/welt/air-berlin-flieger-bombe-nur-attrappe-article1039243.html
External links
- Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA)
- Current weather for DTTJ at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for DJE at Aviation Safety Network
