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Tunisia: OACA provided its services normally

Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party, checks his ballot behind a booth at a polling station in Ben Arous near the capital Tunis on May 6, 2018, as the country votes in the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. - Tunisians head to the polls on May 6 in what is seen as another milestone on the road to democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, despite muted interest in the poll as struggles with corruption and poverty continue.Though parliamentary and presidential votes have taken place since the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, municipal polls have been delayed four times due to logistic, administrative and political deadlocks. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

The Office of Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA) issued a press release in which it clarifies that its services were provided in a “normal” way, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, the day of the general strike decreed by the UGTT Accordingly, the OACA explains, in its press release, that the different services at all airports had been provided in an ordinary manner.

Since midnight, three commercial flights have been operated, as well as air transit flights, numbering 77. In addition, two notices were sent to pilots (NOTAM) in accordance with the international laws in force. The first provides for minimum services, remarking the chance of disruptions and delays in flights to and from Tunisian airports. The second likewise stipulates the cancellation of all flights departing from Tunisian airports, with the exception of private flights, such as transit flights, official flights, evacuation and emergency flights, and search and rescue.