Tunisia

Market overview

Tunisia is a mid-sized, tourism-heavy air market with a fast-growing aerospace export industry. National air traffic reached 12.5 million passengers in 2024, and more than half went through Tunis-Carthage, which is well over its design capacity. The government has dropped plans for a new airport and will instead expand Tunis-Carthage to about 18.5 million passengers a year by 2031, at an estimated 3 billion dinars (about US$1 billion) in OACA's 2026 budget. Tunisair is struggling. It carried 2.49 million passengers in 2025, down 5%, and its market share fell to 20%. Manufacturing is the stronger story. Aerospace exports reached 1.74 billion dinars in 2025, after average growth of 20.4% a year over four years. More than 85 companies employ over 20,000 people. The 2030 targets are 10,000 more jobs, about 3.48 billion dinars of exports and more than 50% local content. For suppliers, Tunisia is a cost-competitive base for wiring, cabin parts and aerostructures, with airport construction and airline fleet support to come.

Key facts

• 12.5 million air passengers nationally in 2024, more than half through Tunis-Carthage (Mar 2026).
• Tunis-Carthage expansion: about 3 billion dinars (about US$1 billion), for about 18.5 million passengers a year by 2031 (Mar 2026).
• Tunisair carried 2,486,888 passengers in 2025 (down 5%), with a 20% market share (Jan 2026).
• Aerospace exports of 1.74 billion dinars in 2025, more than 20,000 direct jobs and more than 85 companies (Nov 2026).
• Djerba-Zarzis airport handled more than 2.3 million passengers in 2025, up 6.5% (Mar 2026).

Key figures

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Did you know

More than 80 aerospace companies operate in Tunisia, many around Tunis.