Dec 11 Nigel Ash

EU slams immediate formal ban on all flights by Libyan carriers

By Hadi Fornaji. Afriqiyah, one of seven named Libyan carriers banned from EU skies (File photo)Tripoli, 11 December 2014:The European Union has impos...

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Oct 23 thomwestcott

No Tobruk flights but Mitiga looking promising, says Air Malta

By Tom Westcott.23 October 2014:Air Malta has denied it has any plans to start flying to Tobruk but says the prospect of resuming flights to Tripoli’s...

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Sep 2 Callum Paton

Operation Dignity jet crashes during Tobruk flyover

By Noora Ibrahim. Benghazi, 2 September 2014: An Operation Dignity jet has crashed, killing its pilot and others, during a flyover at Tobruk Air Bas...

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Security situation holds back civil aviation development
Jun 22 thomwestcott

Security situation holds back civil aviation development

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 22 June 2014:Efforts to boost the country’s aviation sector and lift restrictions preventing Libyan airlines flying in EU air...

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Nightmare Tunisair flight rerouted over Tripoli
Jun 17 Callum Paton

Nightmare Tunisair flight rerouted over Tripoli

By Callum Paton. Tripoli, 17 June 2014: A Tunisair flight carrying a number of sick and injured passengers twice aborted landing at Tripoli Airport...

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Mar 25 thomwestcott

British Airways and Lufthansa extend suspensions on Tripoli flights

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 25 March 2014.Carriers British Airways, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have extended their suspension of flights to Tripoli...

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Mar 3 thomwestcott

Libyan Airlines to restart Nouvelair-operated flights to Europe

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 3 March 2014:Libyan Airlines is to restart its European flights, which are operated by Tunisian airlin...

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Libyan team captain dies in parachuting accident
Mar 1 thomwestcott

Libyan team captain dies in parachuting accident

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 1 March 2014:The captain of the national parachuting team died in a tragic accident in Morocco yesterda...

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Feb 24 thomwestcott

Libyan Airlines flights to Europe suspended until further notice

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab and Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 24 February 2014:All Libyan Airlines flights to and from Europe have been suspended by the Libyan Civi...

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Libyan planes to fly to EU by March: Civil Aviation head Nasereddin Shaebelain
Feb 2 Sami Zaptia

Libyan planes to fly to EU by March: Civil Aviation head Nasereddin Shaebelain

By Sami Zaptia. The voluntary flight restrictions on Libyan airlines flying in EU airspace could be lifted by March 2014 (Photo: Tom Westcott, Libya H...

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