Tunisair Express

{{Short description|Tunisian airline}} {{redirect|SevenAir|the Portuguese airline|Sevenair Air Services}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Tunisair Express | logo = Tunisair Express logo.jpg | logo_size = 250 | fleet_size = 2 | destinations = 12 | IATA = UG | ICAO = TUX | callsign = TUNEXPRESS | parent = Tunisair | company_slogan = | founded = 1991 | headquarters = Tunis, Tunisia | key_people = Montacer Bnouni, General Manager | hubs = {{nowrap|Tunis-Carthage International Airport}} | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | website = [http://www.tunisairexpress.com.tn/ tunisairexpress.com.tn] }}

'''Tunisair Express''' ({{langx|fr|Société des Lignes Intérieures et Internationales}}, {{langx|ar|الخطوط التونسية السريعة}}) is an airline based in Tunis, Tunisia that was founded on 1 August 1991. Formerly known as '''Tuninter''' ({{langx|ar|الخطوط الدولية}}) and '''SevenAir''' ({{langx|ar|طيران السابع}}), its parent company is the national carrier Tunisair. It operates to destinations within Tunisia as well as some services to Italy, France, and Malta.

==History== [[File:Tuninter ATR 72-202 TS-LBB.jpg|thumb|Tuninter ATR 72-202, in 2004. The aircraft in photo would later crash as Flight 1153 in the following year]] [[File:Canadair_CL-600-2D24_Regional_Jet_CRJ-900,_Sevenair_AN1585203.jpg|thumb|Sevenair Bombardier CRJ-900, 2009]] thumb|Tunisair Express CRJ-900, 2014

From its founding in 1990 until 2000, Tunisair Express was known as Tuninter, and bore the Arabic name "Domestic Airline" (الخطوط الداخلية). Initially limited to domestic routes, Tuninter obtained permission to begin international operations in 2000. On 7 July 2007 (7/7/7), the airline was renamed "SevenAir" (Compagnie Aérienne Sevenair Tunisie, طيران السابع). SevenAir was owned by a relative of the wife of the then-President of Tunisia, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, and was renamed TunisAir Express following Ben Ali's departure from Tunisia on 14 January 2011.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Sevenair-devient-officiellement-Tunisair-Express-,520,23843,1 « Sevenair devient officiellement Tunisair Express », ''Business News'', 8 mars 2011]</ref> Tunisair Express transported a total of six million passengers between 1992 and 2008, carrying 300,000 passengers in 2008.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In December 2015, it was announced that Tunisair Express would be merged into Tunisair in the foreseeable future to achieve a better profitability.<ref>[http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/42465-tunisair-express-to-be-merged-into-tunisair ch-aviation.com - Tunisair Express to be merged into Tunisair] 14 December 2015</ref>

== Management == On 16 October 2015, the Board of Directors appointed Béchir Ben Sassi as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Khaled Chelly, who was appointed CEO of the Civil Aviation and Airports Authority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2015 |title=Béchir Ben Sassi, nouveau directeur général de Tunisair Express |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/beir-ben-sassi-nouveau-directeur-general-de-tunisair-express,520,59633,3 |website=Business News}}</ref>

Ilyes Kerfahi became CEO on 31 January 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2017 |title=Nouvelles nominations à Tunisair : Ilyes Kerfahi, nouveau DG de Tunisair Express |url=https://www.webmanagercenter.com/2017/01/31/402473/nouvelles-nominations-a-tunisair-ilyes-kerfahi-nouveau-dg-de-tunisair-express/ |website=web manager center}}</ref> followed by Yosr Chouari on 4 July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2018 |title=Nouvelles nominations dans le secteur du transport |url=https://www.leaders.com.tn/article/25005-nouvelles-nominations-dans-le-secteur-du-transport |website=leaders}}</ref>

On 12 March 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Logistics announced the appointment of Khaled Chelly as CEO of Tunisair and its subsidiaries, including Tunisair Express.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2021 |title=Avec Khaled Chelly PDG de Tunisair, le gouvernement privilégie l'expérience |url=https://www.destinationtunisie.info/khaled-chelly-pdg-tunisair-gouvernement/ |website=destination tunisie}}</ref>

In June 2023, Hatem Motemri was appointed CEO of Tunisair Express.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2023 |title=Hatem Motemri nouveau Directeur Général de Tunisair Express |url=https://www.espacemanager.com/hatem-motemri-nouveau-directeur-general-de-tunisair-express.html |website=espace manager}}</ref>

Montacer Bnouni was appointed as Director General of Tunisair Express in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=Montacer Bnouni, nouveau DG de Tunisair Express |url=https://managers.tn/2024/06/05/montacer-bnouni-nouveau-dg-de-tunisair-express/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Managers |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Destinations ==

{{As of|2024|11}}, Tunisair Express operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tunisairexpress.net/fr/notre-reseau/|title=Our network|accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref>

==Fleet== {{unreferenced section|date=August 2025}} {{As of|2025|8}}, Tunisair Express operates the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - Tunisair Express |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=76}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;" |+Tunisair Express fleet |- !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Passengers !Notes |- |ATR 72-600 |2 |— |72 | |- !Total !2 ! ! colspan="2" | |}

== Accidents and incidents == *6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153; while on a flight from the Italian city of Bari to the island of Djerba in Tunisia, a Tuninter ATR 72 suffered fuel exhaustion and was forced to make an emergency landing into the Mediterranean Sea, 18 miles off Palermo, Sicily. The aircraft was carrying 39 passengers and crew, 16 of whom died. Officials at Bari airport reported that most of the passengers were Italian tourists. The aircraft had recently been fitted with an incorrect fuel indicator designed to be fitted only in a smaller version of this plane: the ATR 42. Therefore, the crew were unable to detect that the aircraft was running low on fuel. The airline was banned from flying into Italy for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/25/tunisian-plane-crash-pilot-prayed|title=Tunisian pilot who prayed as his plane went down jailed in Italy|author=John Hooper|work=the Guardian|date=25 March 2009|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Africa|Companies|Aviation}} {{commons category-inline|Tunisair Express}} *[http://www.tunisairexpress.com.tn/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tunisair.com.tn/tuninter.htm Archives of the Tuninter website] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050806-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network summary]

Category:Airlines of Tunisia Category:Airlines established in 1991 Category:1991 establishments in Tunisia Category:Economy of Tunis