Speaking to TTG in London, Tunisia’s minister for tourism and handicrafts Rene Trabelsi said the country was eager to open up its airspace to other carriers.
He added Tunisia had already initialled an open skies agreement but its progress through the EU had been stalled by other Brexit-related debates.
“We’ve initialled the agreements but Brexit is blocking it,” he said. “The EU has said it is too tied up with other issues, which is causing a backlog. Tunisia is ready to go.”
Trabelsi said Ryanair had visited him “a few months ago”, and expressed interest for 2019/20, “but it’s pending the open skies agreement”, he said. “Brexit is delaying everything.”
