The airline was established in 1989 asAir Liberté Tunisie and started operations on 21 March 1990. It was founded as a charter affiliate of French operatorAir Liberté. It was majority owned by Aziz Miled (who died in 2012) and had 614 employees in March 2007.[6]
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
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):
3 November 1994:Air Liberté Tunisie Flight 930, aMcDonnell Douglas MD-83 (F-GHED) operating a charter flight fromMonastir, Tunisia toKajaani, Finland, veered off the runway atKajaani 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 toAir Liberté, where it was involved in the2000 Charles de Gaulle runway collision.
21 September 2025:Nouvelair flight BJ586, anAirbus A320-214 (TS-INP) flying fromTunis, Tunisia toNice, France, at approximately 21:32 UTC had attempted to land onrunway 04R atNice-Côte d’Azur Airport, whileEasyJet flight U24706, anotherAirbus A320-214, was lined up on the same runway awaitingtakeoff clearance. The captain of theEasyJet 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 ago-around and landed safely on runway 04L, 16 minutes later. TheEasyJet flight had decided not to continue the flight and returned to thegate shortly after, with the flight subsequently cancelled. TheMETAR atNice indicated the presence ofthunderstorms in the vicinity of theairfield at the time of the incident. TheFrench BEA has opened an investigation, classifying this as a serious incident.[17][18]
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