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more flexibility and enables passengers, we also
an increase in the frequency, transport CARGO. But it's
for better service to our not only a question of
clients. generating more revenue.
One of our main interests is
Q: How did you to serve the country's
manage to get such a economy and to transport
tremendous increase? the national exports -
agricultural but more and
We transported in 2007 more manufactured and
more than 150,000 passen- industrial products.
gers and we're planning to
maintain our 10% annual Q: We have the impres-
increase for the coming two sion that your country
years. Maintaining this and your airline have
acquisition is the Airbus are extremely proud of our
development means wor- really taken off.
king harder with tourism 319-ER, an aircraft that lets pilots, our operational depart-
us schedule direct flights to ment and our safety and
and travel professionals in A take off, I would say,
Dubai, with the greatest deg- security level.
Tunisia
both
and which is a result of the deve-
ree of comfort and in-flight
Switzerland, so, that's what lopment of the country
entertainment facilities. We have also attractive wee-
we have done and continue during the last twenty years
Everything has been done so kend package offers with our
doing by innovating and thanks to the perceptive and
that we can provide the best
offering new solutions clo- clear-sighted partners. There are quite a lot
president
ser to the clients' needs. BENALI policy. possible standards to our of people going for a wee-
clients. kend to Tunisia - leaving
Geneva on a Friday after-
The success of Tunisia as Mainly this development is
Q: Going back to your noon and coming back on
leisure destination has of on two sides. On the one
60th anniversary: What Sunday or Monday or
course been the main contri- side it's the result of the
buting factor. The Swiss tou- development of the tourism will you be doing this Tuesday morning. It's not so
year? far away - in less than two
rist, but also neighboring industry with a modern
hours - to be precise one hour
French tourists - those living infrastructure and high level
For this 60th anniversary and 45 minutes flight time -
close to either Geneva or services.
there are lots of things in the you are, in Tunis-Carthage
Basel - have a very positive
pipeline. We have for instan- airport witch is only few
image of Tunisia, and they On the other hand, there's
ce, this winter, one of our minutes from Sidi Bousaid
like to go there regularly. the creation of an attractive
most important promotional Marina, Gammarth and
environment for investment
campaigns called "l'hiver a Carthage Bay or the char-
However, we do not only based on a very skilled man-
prix doux..." making refe- ming old Medina of Tunis.
serve tourists, but also power in all domains and a
rence to the mild climate in
businessmen and -women. solid stability of a conti-
Tunisia. We have also just For further information.
In fact there are quite a lot of nuously developing and
received one of the highest Tunis Air
commercial exchanges bet- healthy economy.
ween our two countries, and ranking security certificates, rue du Mont Blanc 5
IOSA, the certification from 1201 Geneva
Tunisia has become an Q: What is the fleet of
the L&TA for air security. We Tel 0840 07 07 07
important business centre in Tunis Air?
region. Our country, owing
to its geographical situation, The company pos-
www.tunisair.com
is a natural link between ses
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Africa and Europe, between aircraft from the
the eastern and western part worlds' two air-
of the Mediterranean. A lot craft producers,
of passengers also transit by namely Boeing
Tunis on their way to other and Airbus. We
destinations in Africa such are proud to say
as Nouakchott, Dakar, that we have
Bamako, Abidjan, or to already started to
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Middle East destinations renew our fleet
such as Damascus, Beirut, and we will conti- Left
Bahrain, Kuwait... nue to change half
of our aircraft
Tunis is becoming an impor- within the next '. 11INISAIR
tant hub for air traffic in few years. Our
North Africa. In addition to latest
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