TRIP REPORT: Tunisair, Belgrade - Tunis
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Written by Amar
I travel to Tunisia often since my company does a lot of work there so I decided it might be interesting to bring you a short report from one of their flights. This one is from the middle of December 2018 from Belgrade to Tunis on Tunisair. Tunisair flies to Belgrade throughout the year from the Tunisian capital and seasonally from Monastir as well.
I travel to Tunisia often since my company does a lot of work there so I decided it might be interesting to bring you a short report from one of their flights. This one is from the middle of December 2018 from Belgrade to Tunis on Tunisair. Tunisair flies to Belgrade throughout the year from the Tunisian capital and seasonally from Monastir as well.
While there are a lot of tourists using these flights, in winter you will mostly see Tunisian expats living in Serbia flying on this route, which was the case this time around. Tunisians have had uninterrupted visa free access, first to Yugoslavia, and now Serbia for exactly 40 years now. Our flight on this occasion was operated by an Airbus A320. It was a full flight and there was a long line at check-in when I arrived even though there were four desks servicing Tunisair passengers.
Although Tunisians are very hospitable people, crew on Tunisair can be a hit or a miss. Sometimes they are polite, sometimes not. They were not too courteous this time around and just seemed like they would rather be elsewhere.
We departed on time and soon after takeoff meal service started. This is not a very long flight and I think it is commendable that Tunisair serves a hot meal on this route, plus drinks (soft drinks and alcohol) and it is all free of charge. The meal consisted of some lamb stew, tuna salad and a Tunisian traditional dessert. Although it does not look very appealing it tasted good. I had some red wine along with it and they serve Tunisian wine, which is also nice.
The rest of the flight was mostly uneventful. There are overhead screens per every few set of seats which just displayed a moving map. The leather seats are mostly comfortable and have nice padding.
The capitan gave us an informative announcement about our route path and the general details of the flight. When we started our descent into Tunis over the Mediterranean we hit some heavy turbulence as there was a storm and we were right in the midst of it.
Ground service at Carthage Airport varies like Tunisair crew. Sometimes you have to wait almost an hour to pick up your bags, as was the case this time, and staff "discipline" has sharply deteriorated since the fall of Ben Ali.
Overall Tunisair is an ok airline and for me above average compared to many European airlines based on the service they offer on short flights.
I apologise for the lack of photos but crew on Tunisair gets very shifty if you are taking photos on board, and the same is at the airport in Tunis.
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