Tripoli, 20 January 2013:

Tunisair has announced that it will start flights between Tunis and Sebha on 1 February. “We will initially start with three flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays," said a company official in Tripoli.

He added that the carrier would add three new destinations from Misrata, making five flights a week instead of two now.

It has announced earlier this month that Tunisair would start direct flights to Benghazi and Misrata from Sfax in March.

The airline has three flights a day to Tunisia from Tripoli and two from Benghazi.