AIR TRANSPORT
Open skies with the European Union
could help the Tunisian Government
turn the corner on a difficult few
years. But for Ih
yes Mnakbi, the new
chief executive of flag-carrier Tunisail
the bara times are just beginning.
Rivers reports.
Tunisair struggles to squeeze
through the Open door
Toes gation to Tunisia
‘could not have struck more optimistic
tonein December, when EU Tansport
Commissioner, Vielta Bul, met with officials in
“Tunisto conclude negotiations over the looming
‘open skies treaty between the two sides,
"The Tunisian Government has been inching
towards the treaty for several years emboldened
by the success of Morocco’ deal with the EUin
2006, That landmark agreement saw tourist
arrivals rocketing by 0% over ive years,
propelled Ly an inflasof European iow cost