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Tunisia plans to resume commercial flights late June

On Tuesday, the Minister of State in charge of Transport and the Tourism minister on inspected the Tunis-Carthage International Airport.

From the check-in desks at the border police service, the two ministers toured the airport, accompanied by a host of officials and journalists.

The list of countries that will be open for flights on June 27th will be posted soon.

The list of countries that will be open for flights on June 27th will be posted soon”, Maârouf said.

The airport currently receives only a few official flights or repatriation planes for nationals stranded abroad.
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