Tunisia’s minister of transport Monday fired Elyes Mnakbi, the CEO of national carrier, Tunis Air, who has refused to heed the decision, according to press reports. Maarouf also asked to arrange a meeting of the airline board members in view of informing them of the decision. however, he had previously lodged a complaint against six top officials of the airline including Mnakbi on corruption allegations. Seven former and current officials of the money-losing airliner were arrested early this month following a decision by the interior ministry, Webdo Tunis reports. Former transport minister Hichem Ben Ahmed then said the airline would reduce 200 staff employed per aircraft to 164 while the international norm is much lower at 84 agents.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 07, 2020 15:45 UTC