Nouvelair
Nouvelair Limited Company (French: Nouvelair Société Anonyme, Arabic: الطيران الجديد تونس), trading as Nouvelair Tunisie, or simply Nouvelair, is a Tunisian airline with its registered office in Tunis, while its head office in the Dhkila Tourist Zone in Monastir, near the Hôtel Sahara Beach.
The airline operates tourist charters from European cities to Tunisian holiday resorts. Its main bases are Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport, Tunis–Carthage International Airport and Djerba–Zarzis International Airport.
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| Founded | 1989 (as Air Liberté Tunisie) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 21 March 1990 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | jasmin | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13 (2023) | ||||||
| Destinations | 25 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Monastir, Tunisia | ||||||
| Key people | Chokri Zarrad (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
The airline was established in 1989 as Air Liberté Tunisie and started operations on 21 March 1990. It was founded as a charter affiliate of French operator Air Liberté. It is majority owned by Aziz Miled (who died in 2012) and has 614 employees (at March 2007).
Corporate affairs
Ownership and management
The airline is privately owned. Current shareholders are (July 2014) Tunisian Travel Service (TTS) (55%), Sofiat (20%), Carte (15%) and Marhaba Hotels (10%).
The CEO is Chokri Zarrad.
Business trends
Full annual reports do not appear to be published. In the absence of these, available information on trends is shown below (for years ending 31 December):
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Turnover (TND m) | 391 | |||||||||||
| Net profit (TND m) | ||||||||||||
| Number of employees | 617 | 615 | 616 | 614 | 520 | 568 | ||||||
| Number of passengers (m) | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.48 | 1.65 | 1.01 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 1.34 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 0.65 |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 81.3 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Number of aircraft (at year end) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
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Fleet
As of July 2022[update], Nouvelair operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 11 | — | 177 | |
| 180 | ||||
| Total | 11 | — | ||
References
External links
Media related to Nouvelair at Wiki Commons
- Official website
- Official website (in French)
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