Tunis–Carthage International Airport (IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA)Tunis–Carthage International Airport (مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي)Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage Tunis–Carthage International Airport, or in French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, or in Arabic: مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي, (IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA) is the international airport of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It serves as the home base for Tunisair, Tunisair Express, Nouvelair Tunisia, and Tunisavia. The airport is named for the historic city of Carthage, located just east of the airport. Tunis–Carthage International Airport History The history of the airport dates back to 1920 when the first seaplane base in Tunisia was built on the Lake of Tunis for the seaplanes of Compagnie Aéronavale. The Tunis Airfield opened in 1938, serving around 5,800 passengers annually on the Paris-Tunis route. During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Air Force Twelfth Air Force as a headquarters and command control base for the Italian Campaign of 1943. The following known units were assigned:
Construction on the Tunis-Carthage Airport, which was fully funded by France, began in 1944, and in 1948 the airport become the main hub for Tunisair. The airline started operations with Douglas DC-3s flying from Tunis-Carthage Airport to Marseille, Ajaccio, Bastia, Algiers, Rome, Sfax, Djerba, and Tripoli, Libya. The passenger traffic grew steadily from 1951 when 56,400 passengers were carried, 33,400 of them by Air France. The airport offered a convenient stop-over point for several other French airlines over the years, including Aigle Azur with a stop in Tunis on the Paris-Brazzaville route, and TAI (Intercontinental Air Transport) with a stop in Tunis on its Paris-Saigon route. Among foreign companies, the TWA was present, whose lines Rome-New York and Rome-Bombay made stop in Tunis, and the LAI (Italian company) which made the connection Rome-Palermo-Tunis. In 1997, the airport terminal was expanded to 57,448 m2 (618,365 sq ft), it consists of two floors (departure and arrival) and has a capacity of 4,400,000 passengers per year. In 2005, the terminal was expanded another 5,500 m2 (59,202 sq ft), and now has a capacity of 500,000 more passengers annually. On 23 September 2006 a new terminal opened for charter flights. Tunis–Carthage International Airport Airlines and Destinations Tunis–Carthage International Airport Passenger Airlines Airlines Destinations Aegean Airlines: Athens Afriqiyah Airways: Bayda, Benghazi, Tripoli–Mitiga Air Algérie: Algiers Air Arabia: Casablanca Air Europa Seasonal: Madrid Air France: Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris−Orly Seasonal: Marseille, Nice Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich (begins 19 December 2024) Egyptair: Cairo Emirates: Dubai–International Eurowings: Cologne/Bonn Seasonal: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart ITA Airways: Rome–Fiumicino Libyan Airlines: Bayda, Benghazi, Tobruk, Tripoli–Mitiga Libyan Wings: Misrata, Tripoli–Mitiga Lufthansa: Frankfurt, Munich Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg Mauritania Airlines: Nouakchott Nouvelair: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Lille, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Strasbourg, Toulouse Seasonal: Algiers, Barcelona, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Jeddah, Madrid, Medina, Stockholm–Arlanda Qatar Airways: Doha Royal Air Maroc: Casablanca Royal Jordanian: Amman–Queen Alia Saudia: Jeddah Transavia: Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Nice TUI fly: Belgium Brussels Tunisair: Abidjan, Algiers, Bamako, Barcelona, Bologna, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Conakry, Constantine, Dakar–Diass, Douala (begins 14 December 2024), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Jeddah, Libreville (begins 14 December 2024), London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Montréal–Trudeau, Munich, Niamey, Nice, Nouakchott, Oran, Ouagadougou, Palermo, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tripoli–Mitiga, Venice, Vienna, Zürich Seasonal: Lisbon, Medina Seasonal charter: Skopje, Tirana Tunisair Express: Constantine, Djerba, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Rome–Fiumicino, Sfax, Tozeur Turkish Airlines: Istanbul Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona Tunis–Carthage International Airport Cargo Airlines Destinations Emirates SkyCargo: Dubai–Al Maktoum Express Air Cargo: Bangalore, Casablanca, Cologne/Bonn, Hong Kong, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Sharjah Turkish Cargo: Istanbul Tunis–Carthage International Airport Statistics Annual passenger traffic at TUN airport. Tunis–Carthage International Airport Other Facilities The head office of the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) is on the airport property. Tunis–Carthage International Airport Ground Transportation The airport is served by bus lines and taxis, but not by a railway (the L'Aéroport station on the TGM suburban rail line does not actually serve it, being several kilometers distant). Tunis–Carthage International Airport Accidents and Incidents On 7 May 2002, Egyptair Flight 843, a Boeing 737 from Cairo crashed 4 miles from Tunis–Carthage International Airport. Of the 62 people on board, 14 were killed. Tunis–Carthage International Airport Overview Tunis–Carthage International Airport Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي Tunis–Carthage International Airport IATA: TUNICAO: DTTA Tunis–Carthage International Airport Airport Type: Public/Military Tunis–Carthage International Airport Operator: Tunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority Tunis–Carthage International Airport Serves: Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport Location: Tunis, Tunisia Tunis–Carthage International Airport Hub For: Tunisair Tunisair Express Nouvelair Tunis–Carthage International Airport Elevation AMSL: 22 ft / 7 m Tunis–Carthage International Airport Coordinates: 36°51′04″N 010°13′38″E Tunis–Carthage International Airport Runways: Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 3,200 10,499 Asphalt 11/29 2,840 9,318 Asphalt Tunis–Carthage International Airport Passengers: 6,649,912 | |||||
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