Recently, Tunisian airports are increasingly visited by travelers from all over the world. And this, perhaps, is not surprising. The unusual nature, magnificent beaches and stunning architecture of the country always cause increased interest, annually attracting here not even hundreds, but thousands of tourists.
Section 1. Monastir, "Habib Bourguiba"
Currently, Habib Bourguiba is the main charter airport of Tunisia, which is also the main hub of Novel Air and the subsidiary Tunis Air.
It is in a very convenient location from the point of view of travelers - 3 km from the city of Monastir. The rest of Tunisia's airports can in fact only envy such a location.
This state air gate is named after Habib Bourguiba, the first president of Tunisia. The opening of the airport took place in 1968. The main focus is tourism.
In general, at the moment he receives aircraft from about 200 European and 20 African destinations.
It should be noted that on average 3,500,000 passengers pass through the airport per year. By the way, a record passenger flow (4,279,880 people) was recorded in 2007.
Now the total area of the airport is 199.5 hectares, the terminal area is 28,000 square meters. m
Like all international airports in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba is small in size, but at the same time it is quite convenient, because the arrival area is located on the 1st floor of the terminal, where there are shops, a terminal for buying local SIM cards, a terminal for baggage packing, cafe. The departure area and Duty Free chain of stores are located on the 2nd floor.
Section 2. Tunisia-Cartage
The story about Tunisian airports will be incomplete if you do not mention this main hub of Tunis Air, which is also an auxiliary hub for such companies as British Airways, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, Alitalia, Air France.
The airport was built in 1940, 8 km from the capital of Tunisia and named after the city of Carthage. Until 1940, there was a small, even tiny, airport Tunis-El Aounia on this site, which, perhaps, was known only for the fact that Antoine Saint-Exupery landed in it.
By the way, at present, before entering it, a copy of the writer’s plane is installed. The old airport began to carry out small international transport, starting in 1920. So, in 1938 between France and Tunisia the passenger flow amounted to 5,800 people.
The new airport has been accepting international flights since 1944. He was assigned the classification A necessary for such transport. According to the agreements in force at that time, all expenses were borne by France. Air France became the main carrier, and in 1951 it transported 56,400 passengers. Later, transit flights to South Africa, the countries of the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East began to be made through the Tunis-Cartage airport.
In 1972, the airport was completely rebuilt, its area increased to 820 hectares. Almost today, in 1997, a terminal was built with an area of 57,448 square meters. m, and in 2006 built a second terminal with an area of 5,500 square meters. m
Currently, 4.4 million people pass through the airport per year (36% of all traffic in Tunisia). For aircraft parking, it has 5 mobile and 55 stationary hangars. In addition, the airport has an extensive network of cargo hangars used for cargo transportation.
Section 3. "Djerba-Zarzis"
The airport is a Tunis Air subsidiary hub. It is located 9 km from the city of Humk Souk (the capital of the island of Djerba) and is undoubtedly one of the largest airports in the south-east of the state.
It was built in 1970 to attract the flow of tourists to southern Tunisia.
The airports of Tunisia on the map of the country are viewed perfectly, and the load on them only increases from year to year. For example, the annual passenger flow of Djerba-Zarzis is 4,000,000 people. The total area of the airport is 295 hectares, one of the terminals has an area of 73,000 square meters. m, another terminal, opened in December 2007, - 57,000 square meters. m
It should be noted that this airport is an important transport link. Why? The thing is that the way from Monastir and Tunisia to Djerba by car is quite long, in addition, it includes a segment of the way by ferry. In the summer, from other Tunisian airports to Djerba Airport, up to 5 flights are operated daily.