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Nouvelair
Tunisian airline From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]

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):
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Fleet

As of July 2025[update], Nouvelair operates the following aircraft:[15][16]
The Nouvelair fleet previously consisted of:[17][18]
1 Airbus A300B4 (Leased to Afriqiyah Airlines) [19]
Accidents & incidents
- 3 November 1994: Air Liberté Tunisie Flight 930, A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (F-GHED) operating a charter flight from Monastir, Tunisia to Kajaani, Finland, veered off the runway at Kajaani Airport. The pilots landed after inadvertently selecting the TO/GA buttons, which set the autothrottle to full power, causing the aircraft touched down overspeed, nose-first, and around 600 meters past the touchdown zone. The throttle setting meant the reverse thrust and spoilers were not deployed, and the heavy breaking applied by the pilots damaged the gear and destroyed the left wheel brakes. The aircraft turned 140 degrees and skidded off the right of the runway, coming to rest in the grass with the left gear collapsed. All passengers were evacuated.[20]
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