Kufra airport reports further increase in overflight traffic - coinciding with the Hajj season flights to and from Saudi Arabia
May 11 Sami Zaptia

Kufra airport reports further increase in overflight traffic - coinciding with the Hajj season flights to and from Saudi Arabia

Kufra Airport reported last Friday (8 May that) its skies are witnessing a surge in air traffic these days, coinciding with the Hajj season. I...

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Benina Airport starts Umrah flights
Jun 10 Michel Cousins

Benina Airport starts Umrah flights

By Ayman Muftah.Benghazi, 10 June 2017:As part of the increased use of Benghazi’s Benin Airport, it has been announced that Umrah flights taking pilgr...

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Coast road closure forces Haj pilgrims to fly earlier than planned
Sep 11 Michel Cousins

Coast road closure forces Haj pilgrims to fly earlier than planned

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 11 September 2015:The closure of the coast road between between Zawia and Tripoli because of continuing clashes betw...

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Aug 31 Michel Cousins

Libyan Airlines flies record number of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

By  Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 31 August 2013:Libyan Airlines says that recent records were broken this year when it flew 80,000 Umrah pilgrims to Sa...

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Oct 13 Michel Cousins

Haj pilgrims leave from Abraq

Tripoli, 13 October:The first batch of pilgrims undertaking the Haj in Mecca this year left Abraq airport on Friday for Jeddah.  The 140 pilgrims from...

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Sick passenger prompts Cairo emergency landing for Afriqiyah flight
Jun 10 Nigel Ash

Sick passenger prompts Cairo emergency landing for Afriqiyah flight

Tripoli, 10 June:An Afriqiyah Airways flight from Jeddah to Tripoli, with 153 people on board, was forced to make an emergency landing today at Cairo,...

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