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Nouvelair
IATA ICAO Call sign
BJ LBT NOUVELAIR
Founded1989; 37 years ago (1989) (as Air Liberté Tunisie)
Commenced operations21 March 1990; 35 years ago (1990-03-21)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programjasmin[1]
Fleet size16
Destinations25
HeadquartersMonastir, Tunisia
Key peopleChokri Zarrad (CEO)
Websitewww.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

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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

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Ownership and management

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The airline is privately owned. Current shareholders are (July 2014) Tunisian Travel Service (TTS) (55%), Sofiat (20%), Carte (15%) and Marhaba Hotels (10%).[7]

Airbus A320 à l'aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle

The CEO is Chokri Zarrad.[8]

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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]
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Fleet

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Current fleet

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Nouvelair Airbus A320-200

As of August 2025, Nouvelair operates the following aircraft:[15]

Nouvelair fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 14 — 177 1 currently parked
180
Airbus A320neo 2 —
Total 16 —

Former fleet

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The Nouvelair fleet previously consisted of:[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

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  • 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.[16] The aircraft was repaired and eventually returned to Air Liberté, where it was involved in the 2000 Charles de Gaulle runway collision.
  • 21 September 2025: Nouvelair flight BJ586, an Airbus A320-214 (TS-INP) flying from Tunis, Tunisia to Nice, France, at approximately 21:32 UTC had attempted to land on runway 04R at Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport, while EasyJet flight U24706, another Airbus A320-214, was lined up on the same runway awaiting takeoff clearance. The captain of the EasyJet flight reportedly stated to the passengers that the Nouvelair flight had overflown the Easyjet A320 by 3 metres (ADS-B data reported a value of 50 ft with a margin of 25 ft; 50 ft ±25 ft). The Nouvelair flight performed a go-around and landed safely on runway 04L, 16 minutes later. The EasyJet flight had decided not to continue the flight and returned to the gate shortly after, with the flight subsequently cancelled. The METAR at Nice indicated the presence of thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airfield at the time of the incident. The French BEA has opened an investigation, classifying this as a serious incident. [17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "jasmin". nouvelair.com.
  2. ^ "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"
  3. ^ "Complaints, Suggestions Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Nouvelair. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Address : Zone Touristique Dkhila – 5065 – Monastir – Tunisie"
  4. ^ "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"
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 57.
  7. ^ "Nouvelair - Tunisia (Current)". FlightSafe Consultants Limited. July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Nouvelair/Quick Facts". Arab Air Carriers' Organization. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Key figures". Nouvelair. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Nouvelair/Quick Facts". Arab Air Carriers' Organization. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  11. ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2017" (PDF). AFRAA. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  12. ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2018" (PDF). AFRAA. 2018.
  13. ^ "Open sky: Nouvelair prepares its offensive (translated)". Jeune Afrique. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  14. ^ "AFRAA Annual Report 2019" (PDF). AFRAA. 2019.
  15. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Nouvelair". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 76.
  16. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Runway excursion Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) F-GHED, Thursday 3 November 1994". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  17. ^ "Serious Incident Airbus A320-214 TS-INP, Sunday 21 September 2025". asn.flightsafety.org. 2025-09-21. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  18. ^ Petchenik, Ian (22 September 2025). "Nouvelair overflies easyJet on the runway in Nice". Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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