Karthago Airlines

Karthago Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign 5R KAJ KARTHAGO
Founded	2001
Ceased operations	2010
Operating bases	Djerba-Zarzis Airport Tunis-Carthage International Airport
Fleet size	1
Destinations	3
Parent company	Karthago Group
Headquarters	Tunis, Tunisia
Key people	Belhassen Trabelsi
Notes
Merged into Nouvelair

A Karthago Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Stuttgart Airport (2006).

Karthago Airlines was a privately owned airline based in Tunis, Tunisia, operating scheduled charter flights to Europe. Its main base was in Djerba-Zarzis Airport, but most of the flights were out of Tunis-Carthage International Airport. ^[1] It was merged into Nouvelair Tunisia in January 2011. ^[2]

History

The airline was established in 2001 and was owned by the Karthago Group (58 percent) and banks, insurers and tour trade investors^{[ clarification needed ]} (42 percent). ^[1] The company had a stake in Egyptian airline KoralBlue Airlines, which was based at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.^{[ citation needed ]}

Destinations

For the winter season 2010/11, Karthago Airlines was contracted to serve the following destinations on a regular, scheduled basis:

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen - Copenhagen Airport
• Sweden
  • Stockholm - Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
• Tunisia
  • Tunis - Tunis-Carthage International Airport base ^[3]

Fleet

As of January 2011, the Karthago Airlines fleet consisted of only one aircraft, a 21-year-old Boeing 737-300, which was equipped with 148 passenger seats in an all-economy class cabin layout. It has historically operated 6 other 737-300s as well as one Airbus A320-200.

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . p. 99.
2. "Karthago Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
3. "Karthago Airlines". rzjets.net. Retrieved 2025-04-25.

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