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‫‪t‬‬ ‫‪he launch of Tunisair dates back to‬‬ ‫‪October 21st , 1948, date of publication‬‬ ‫‪of the first decree approving the articles‬‬ ‫”‪of the Tunisian Air company “TUNISAIR‬‬ ‫‪with a share capital of 60 million French‬‬ ‫‪francs and situating in 1, Athènes street‬‬ ‫‪in Tunis. 
At its beginning Tunisair has‬‬ ‫.‪exploited Dakota 4 (DC4) which was acquired from the U.S‬‬ ‫.‪Army for the sum of $ 56.5 million francs‬‬ ‫‪The newspapers of that time such as La Presse made no‬‬ ‫‪allusion to the birth of Tunisair, and announced its creaction‬‬ ‫‪only few months later.
For the media, the establishment of‬‬ ‫‪Tunisair dates back only to December the 7th, 1948, date of‬‬ ‫,‪the first constituent meeting in Dar El Bey. Dur