Karthago Airlines

Karthago Airlines (rear RTL قرطاجللطيران) (Code AITA: 5R , Code ICAO: KAJ ) is a Airline company Tunisia whose first commercial flight takes place the March 22nd 2002.

The capital of the company is dominated by the Groupe Karthago of the founder Belhassen Trabelsi - brother of the first lady Leïla Ben Ali - to a total value of 34,6% (June 14th 2007) and the investment company émiratie Dubai Investment Group Limited to a total value of 33,56% (August 2007).

It carries out a Turnover approximately 85 million Euro S in 2005 (+ 21,4%) with a clear benefit of 3 million euros (+ 25%). It divides the market (20% of the shares), since its creation the August 22nd 2001, with private the Nouvelair Tunisia (32%) and the national company Tunisair (48%).

Karthago Airlines usually resorts to the hiring of planes to serve a score of European destinations and concentrates its activities on Jerba. Its fleet currently consists of 6 Boeing 737 -300.

Topicality

The June 29th 2006, the company launches 2 weekly flights Paris-Orly - Jerba (Thursday and Sunday). Moreover, on the favor of the agreement of open sky between the France and Tunisia, it thinks of the launching of lines of Lyon towards Jerba and Monastir and wants to open service roads towards Tunis in 2007. In the long term, the company wishes to develop the scheduled flights until height of 35% of its activity.

In August 2006, Trabelsi and the chairman of Nouvelair Tunisia, Aziz Miled, the international bank of businesses Rothschild & Co studied charge “the feasibility of a bringing together” between their two companies. In the long term, a marriage does not appear not excluded (this in the form of a merger by amalgamation was). This decision is the result of more than 2 months of secret talks and could make it possible the 2 companies to supplant Tunisair.

The following challenge of the company is launching starting from October 2006 of its Egyptian subsidiary company, Koral Blue, which must operate at the beginning of Charm el-Cheikh worms of the European destinations. Effective launching took place the March 13rd 2007 with a Airbus A320 which takes off Tunis.

Incidents

An incident takes place the February 12th 2006 on a flight charter carrying out the connection Djerba- Paris. About fifteen minutes after the Takeoff, towards 7:30 local, the masks with Oxygène fall, the Température falls and there is “a vague smell of burning” according to momentary contacted by the AFP. Boeing 737 regains Jerba with 141 passengers on board of which some, panicked, are taken of Malayan and of Vomissement S. Karthago Airlines charters then a Airbus A320 of Tunisair, 134 passengers travelling with the Tour operator Promovacances having refused to set out again with the same company. The plane carried out a return to Paris-Orly one hour after its takeoff and the company chartered two new apparatuses for the transport of the 235 passengers.

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