Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (French: Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba, AIMHB, Arabic: مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي) (IATA: MIR, ICAO: DTMB) is an airport serving Monastir and Sousse areas in Tunisia.[3] The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) awarded the management of the airport to TAV Airports Holding in March 2007.[4] The airport is named after the former president Habib Bourguiba, who was born in Monastir.

Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba

مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesMonastir, Tunisia
Hub forNouvelair
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates35°45′29″N 010°45′17″E
Websitehabibbourguibaairport.com
Map
MIR is located in Tunisia
MIR
MIR
Location of airport in Tunisia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,903 9,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,560,000

History

During World War II, the airport was known as Monastir Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 81st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign. The 81st flew P-39 Airacobras from the airfield between 26 May and 10 August 1943.

Overview

The airport activity mainly serves tourists coming to visit Monastir, Sousse and the surrounding resorts (Monastir-Skanes and Port El Kantaoui in particular). Almost all charter flights are concentrated within the tourist season. The main airlines operating currently at the airport are Nouvelair and Tunisair. With a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year, the terminal covers 28,000 m2. The airport led the country in terms of traffic with 4,279,802 passengers in 2007.

Like all Tunisian airports, the airport was originally managed by the Office of Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA). However, in January 2008, it came under the management of the Turkish consortium TAV Airports Holding for a period of 40 years, under the concession.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Monastir Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Austrian Airlines Seasonal charter: Vienna (resumes 28 May 2023)[5]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[6]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf[7]
Eurowings Discover Seasonal: Frankfurt[8]
Luxair Luxembourg[9]
Neos Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Nouvelair Düsseldorf,[10] Hannover, Lyon, Moscow–Vnukovo,[11] Marseille,[12] Munich, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Banja Luka, Belgrade, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn (resumes 21 June 2023),[12] Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, Lille, Münster/Osnabrück (begins 4 July 2023),[12] Nantes, Stuttgart, Vienna
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Brno,[13] Ostrava,[13] Pardubice, Prague
Smartwings Poland[14] Seasonal charter: Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin
Smartwings Hungary Seasonal charter: Budapest
Sundair Seasonal: Berlin (begins 14 May 2023),[15] Bremen (begins 10 July 2023)[15]
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon
Transavia Lyon, Nantes, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Marseille,[16] Nice[17]
Tunisair Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nice, Paris–Orly, Zagreb

Access

The airport is served by trains on the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line and between Sousse and Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir.

References

Citations

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. "Airport information for DTMB". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for MIR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport Archived 13 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aeroports (OACA) Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. TAV: Monastir Airport will remain open and continue serving passengers
  5. "Austrian Airlines adds charters from Vienna to Monastir". aviation.direct (in German). 11 November 2022.
  6. "BRUSSELS AIRLINES NS23 SHORT-HAUL NETWORK ADDITIONS".
  7. "Eurowings adds Monastir - Düsseldorf" (in German).
  8. "Eurowings Discover adds further two new routes to summer 2023 schedule".
  9. Liu, Jim. "Luxair resumes Tunisia service in 1H21". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. "Nouvelair Tunisie adds German routes from Monastir in W17".
  11. "Nouvelair Tunisie to resume Monastir-Moscow Vnukovo service". aaco.org. 11 August 2022.
  12. "NOUVELAIR TUNISIE NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS".
  13. "Brno Airport, Brno - Turany internation airport - Brno - Czech Republic". www.brno-airport.cz.
  14. "Tunisia Hammamet". itaka.pl.
  15. "Sundair starts new routes in Summer 2023" (in German).
  16. https://www.transavia.com/en-UK/book-a-flight/flights/search/
  17. "La compagnie Transavia ouvre une nouvelle ligne en vol direct à l'aéroport de Nice". 15 February 2022.

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