Nov 24 Sami Zaptia

Tunisian aviation delegation visits Benina airport assessing its readiness to receive Tunis Air flights

By Sami Zaptia.A Tunisian aviation delegation assessed Benghazi's Benina airport's readiness for receiving Tunis Air flights (Photo: LAA).London, 24 N...

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Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

Sebha airport reopened

By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: LAA).London, 9 March 2020:Libya’s Airports Authority (LAA) announced the reopening of Sebha airport on Friday. The decision had...

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Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

UPDATE: The US awards grant to help improve security at three Libyan airports

By Sami Zaptia.The U.S. Government has awarded a grant to US company Culmen to provide counter terrorism security at three key Libyan airports (Logo:...

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UK signs MoU with Libyan Airports Authority to supply explosives detectors
Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

UK signs MoU with Libyan Airports Authority to supply explosives detectors

By Sami Zaptia.London 25 January 2019:The UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wth Libya's Airports Authority to supply it with explosives de...

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May 18 Sami Zaptia

Misrata airport shuts down after militia steals seized Euros

By Sami Zaptia.Misrata AirportLondon, 18 May 2018:Misrata airport was abruptly shut down yesterday after a group of militias stormed the airport’s cus...

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Libya and US sign agreements on policing, prisons and justice
Apr 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya and US sign agreements on policing, prisons and justice

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 April 2018: Libya and the US signed a number of agreements in Tunis last week. Libya’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs...

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Transporter loaded with car bombs intercepted in Benghazi: report
Aug 31 Nigel Ash

Transporter loaded with car bombs intercepted in Benghazi: report

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 31 August 2017:A car transporter is claimed to have been carrying car bombs when it was intercepted on Benghazi’s A...

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Afriqiyah to restart flights to Kufra
May 16 Michel Cousins

Afriqiyah to restart flights to Kufra

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 16 May 2017:Afriqiyah Airways has announced the re-launch of flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Kufra.Initia...

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Nov 2 Michel Cousins

Libyan Airlines postpones restarting flights to Kufra

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 2 November 2016:Plans by Libyan Airlines to restart flights to Kufra have been put on hold, according to the carrier...

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Blast wrecks inside of Ban Walid airport terminal
Jul 7 Nigel Ash

Blast wrecks inside of Ban Walid airport terminal

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 7 July 2016:A bomb has completely wrecked the interior of the new terminal at Bani Walid’s airport.The main hall, which wa...

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