Tunis Air Returns to London Gatwick This Winter

North African carrier Tunis Air is to relaunch flights between Tunis and London Gatwick this winter. The airline currently offers five flights per week between Tunisia and the UK; a four times weekly link between Tunis and London Heathrow and a new weekly service between Monastir and Manchester. It plans to offer a weekly rotation on the Tunis – London Gatwick route from November 3.

Tunis Air currently accounts for a 39.3 per cent share of the total market between the two countries but has seen its previously stronger position diluted by the increasing number of low-cost and leisure carriers which have been increasing their market penetration in North Africa over the last decade. Expanding operators in this market in the past year include Jet2.com (up to 8.1 per cent) and Thomson Airways (7.0 per cent).

Tunis Air’s recent network expansion has seen it claw back a 3.2 per cent share of the market over the last 12 months at the expense of British Airways. The latter already offers a five times weekly link between Tunis and London Gatwick and carried an estimated 45,000 O&D passengers during the past year, with a relatively strong average fare of $262 each way.

Schedule:

TU790 TUN1400 – 1545LGW 320 4
TU791 LGW1645 – 2030TUN 320 4