Nouvelair
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Founded | 1989 | (as Air Liberté Tunisie)||||||
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Commenced operations | 21 March 1990 | ||||||
Operating bases | |||||||
Frequent-flyer program | jasmin[1] | ||||||
Fleet size | 13 (2023) | ||||||
Destinations | 25 | ||||||
Headquarters | Monastir, Tunisia | ||||||
Key people | Chokri Zarrad (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www |
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,[2] while its head office in the Dhkila Tourist Zone in Monastir,[3][4] near the Hôtel Sahara Beach.[5] 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.[6]
History
[edit]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).[6]
Corporate affairs
[edit]Ownership and management
[edit]The airline is privately owned. Current shareholders are (July 2014) Tunisian Travel Service (TTS) (55%), Sofiat (20%), Carte (15%) and Marhaba Hotels (10%).[7]
Business trends
[edit]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 |
Notes/sources | [9] | [9] | [9] | [9] | [9] | [9] | [9][10] | [9][10] | [9][8] | [9][11] | [9][12] [13] |
[14] |
Fleet
[edit]As of July 2022[update], Nouvelair operates the following aircraft:[15]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 11 | — | 177 | |
180 | ||||
Total | 11 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "jasmin". nouvelair.com.
- ^ "Credits and legal information Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Nouvelair. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Registered Office : 14 rue Habib Chrita, Cité des Jardins B.P 1005, Tunis – Tunisia"
- ^ "Complaints, Suggestions Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Nouvelair. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Address : Zone Touristique Dkhila – 5065 – Monastir – Tunisie"
- ^ "After your flight Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Nouvelair. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "NOUVELAIR Customer service Zone touristique DKHILA 5065 Monastir TUNISIA"
- ^ Jacobs, Daniel and Peter Morris. The Rough Guide to Tunisia. Rough Guides, 2001. 215. Retrieved from Google Books on 1 July 2010. ISBN 1-85828-748-0, ISBN 978-1-85828-748-5.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 57.
- ^ "Nouvelair - Tunisia (Current)". FlightSafe Consultants Limited. July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Nouvelair/Quick Facts". Arab Air Carriers' Organization. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Key figures". Nouvelair. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Nouvelair/Quick Facts". Arab Air Carriers' Organization. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2017" (PDF). AFRAA. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2018" (PDF). AFRAA. 2018.
- ^ "Open sky: Nouvelair prepares its offensive (translated)". Jeune Afrique. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2019" (PDF). AFRAA. 2019.
- ^ "Fleet". nouvelair.com.
External links
[edit] Media related to Nouvelair at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Official website (in French)