Nouvelair

Nouvelair
Founded	1989; 35 years ago (as Air Liberté Tunisie)
Commenced operations	21 March 1990; 34 years ago
Operating bases	Djerba; Monastir; Tunis;
Frequent-flyer program	jasmin
Fleet size	15 (2024)
Destinations	25
Headquarters	Monastir, Tunisia
Key people	Chokri Zarrad (CEO)
Website	www.nouvelair.com/en

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

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 was majority owned by Aziz Miled (who died in 2012) and had 614 employees in March 2007.^[6]

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%).^[7]

The CEO is Chokri Zarrad.^[8]

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
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

As of November 2024^[update], Nouvelair operates the following aircraft:^[15]^[16]

**Nouvelair fleet**
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers
Airbus A320-200	13	—	177
Airbus A320-200	13	—	180
Airbus A320neo	2	—
Total	15	—

References

^ "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.
^ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2024-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)