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Tunisia: Passenger traffic through airports up 24.5% until end October 2023

Air passenger traffic through Tunisian airports increased by 24.5% in the first ten months of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022. It reached 7,611,650 “passenger movements”, according to statistics published by the Office of Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA).

This upward trend affected the majority of Tunisian airports, with an increase of 22.5% at Tunis Carthage International Airport (5,657,301 movements), 29.8% at Djerba-Zarzis International Airport (1,790,233 movements), 50.3% at Sfax-Thyna International Airport (146,470 movements) and 9.1% at Gabès-Matmata International Airport (3,232 movements).

On the other hand, traffic fell by 13.7% at Tozeur-Nefta International Airport (11,635 movements) and by 12% at Tabarka-Ain Draham International Airport (2,259 movements).

OACA statistics also show a 17.81% increase in commercial traffic (aircraft movements) in the first ten months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, with 64,445 aircraft movements recorded.

In terms of aircraft movements, the increase was 19.8% for Tunis Carthage International Airport (47,252 movements), 17.1% for Djerba-Zarzis International Airport (13,457 movements) and 2.6% for Sfax-Thyna International Airport (3,193 movements).

However, the number of aircraft movements fell by 13.6% at Tozeur Nefta International Airport (241 movements), by 30.8% at Tabarka-Ain Draham International Airport (155 movements) and by 2.7% at Gabès-Matmata International Airport (144 movements).

Overflights (aircraft crossing Tunisian airspace) reached 44,197 movements in the first ten months of 2023, an increase of 44.6% compared with the same period in 2022.

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