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Tunis-Carthage International Airport
Overview
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
in Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
.
The airport is named for the historic city of Carthage
Carthage
Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...
, located just north of the airport. It is the base of operations for four airlines: Tunisair
Tunisair
Société Tunisienne de l'Air, or Tunisair is the flag carrier airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to European, African and Middle Eastern destinations. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport...
, Nouvelair Tunisia, Tunisair Express and Tunisavia
Tunisavia
Tunisavia is a charter airline based in Tunis, Tunisia. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport.-Fleet:The Tunisavia fleet includes the following aircraft :-References:...
. In 2010, it served 4,600,000 passengers.
All ground handling is provided by Tunisair Handling, a 100% subsidiary of Tunisair, and security services are provided by the Police and the Customs.
The airport is served by bus, taxi, but not by railway.
The following scheduled passenger airlines use Tunis–Carthage International Airport:
The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority
Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority
The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority is the civil aviation authority of Tunisia and a sub-agency of the Ministry of Transport. The its head office is on the property of Tunis-Carthage International Airport in Tunis....
(OACA) has its head office on the airport property.
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the Italian Campaign
Italian Campaign (World War II)
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters AFHQ was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and it planned and commanded the...
in 1943 as a headquarters and command control base.
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