Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba, AIMHB, ar, مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي) is an airport serving Monastir and

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areas in Tunisia. The

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(OACA) awarded the management of the airport to TAV Airports Holding in March 2007.TAV: Monastir Airport will remain open and continue serving passengers
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, who was born in Monastir.

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

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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,

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 Société Tunisienne de l'Air, or Tunisair ( ar, الخطوط التونسية) is the national airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to four continents. Its main base is Tunis–Carthage International ...

. 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:

Access

The airport is served by trains on the electrified, metre-gauge

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line and between

and Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir.

References

Citations

Bibliography

* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. . *

External links

Tunisia Monastir International Airport
– official site

* * {{authority control Airports in Tunisia Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Tunisia Airports established in 1968