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Aito courts Middle East
carriers to provide seats
Chris Gray.
involved, whether they be short or
AITO is aiming to entice Middle long-haul. Carriers that might be
Eastern carriers into a new airline interested would be multi-destination
section of the organisation to provide carriers, so the Middle East carriers
seat allocations for members. who fly to Asia and Africa would be a
Air Berlin was the first carrier to good fit,” said Moore.
join Aito last year and is providing He added that members were still
allocations mainly for specialist feeling the loss of GB Airways, which
operators to Germany. sold 80% of its seats through tour
Aito chairman Derek Moore said operators, and were looking for
the operators’ association wanted to allocations on new carriers.
expand the section by encouraging Air Berlin country manager Titus
long and short-haul carriers to join, Johnson said joining Aito had given
particularly those with a hub network. the carrier an extra revenue stream of
Airlines would benefit by filling tour operator allocations.
extra seats from members who would Kirker Holidays was one of the Aito
be interested in taking small alloca- members that took allocations to
tions, he said. Berlin and Munich.
They would also be able to attend “Membership has given us access to
all Aito events to make members good-quality operators interested in
aware of their product. niche destinations, like Nuremberg,
“We want to get more airlines Dusseldorf and Hanover,” he said.
Tunisia’s new airport targets
UK links with open skies deal
TUNISIA is due to
chng
could reach up to
open a new air- Stock X 30 million.
port later this Monastir is the
year in anticipa- main airport for
tion of more visi- tourist traffic to
tors on the back Tunisia, but up to
of a new open 90% of the pas-
skies agreement. sengers arrive on
The deal paves charter flights.
the way for more Tunisia’s
scheduled, charter tourism leaders
and no-frills air- hope the airport
lines to fly from and open skies
the UK to Tunisia. agreement will
The airport is stimulate sched-
being built at uled and no-frills
Enfidha, south of traffic. The deal
Tunis and about Tunisia hopes an agreement to open up its air allows European,
40 miles north of space will spark more UK scheduled flights American and
the tourist area Arabic airlines to
of Monastir. It is close to many new operate freely in Tunisian air space.
hotel and resort developments, and Tunisia has lost out to Morocco
is initially expected to handle about in recent years because its more
seven million passengers a year. restrictive air space policies meant it
However, its long-term capacity missed out on the no-frills boom.
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