Low turnout for Benghazi protests
Mar 31 Michel Cousins

Low turnout for Benghazi protests

Benghazi, 31 March 2013:A strike by employees of Libyan Airlines in Benghazi that had threatened the carriers’s flights in and out of the city failed...

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Missing bags and missing planes at Tripoli Airport
Feb 1 Nigel Ash

Missing bags and missing planes at Tripoli Airport

The three trucks loaded with the Niger-bound luggageTripoli, 1 February 2013:Luggage to be loaded onto a Afriqiyah Airbus bound for Niger was stolen f...

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New Airbus arrives at Abraq airport
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

New Airbus arrives at Abraq airport

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Libyans greet the new Airbus A320 at Abraq airportTripoli, 20 December:A new A320 Airbus was handed over to Libyan Airlines toda...

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Libyan Airlines restart flights to Manchester
Sep 4 Michel Cousins

Libyan Airlines restart flights to Manchester

Tripoli, 4 September:Libyan Airlines resumed flights between Tripoli and Manchester today, Tuesday.  The flight, with 132 passengers aboard, arrived a...

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Afriqiyah opts for larger aircraft
Aug 7 Michel Cousins

Afriqiyah opts for larger aircraft

By Al Russell.Tripoli, 7 August:Afriqiyah Airways has ordered two new Airbus A330-200 aircraft at a cost of $626 million. Initially, it had ordered t...

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Jul 24 Michel Cousins

Libya leases jumbos to transport Ramadan pilgrims to Mecca.

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 24 July:Two wide-bodied aircraft, each with a capacity of 500 passengers, are being leased by Afriqiyah Aviation Holdin...

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Ghadames airport officially reopened
May 6 Sami Zaptia

Ghadames airport officially reopened

Tripoli, 6 May:The first Libyan Airlines passenger flight arrived yesterday afternoon, 5 May, at Ghadames airport from Tripoli International Airport,...

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Apr 19 Michel Cousins

Libyan Airlines starts Malta flights after wet-leasing aircraft

Tripoli, 19 April:Libyan Airlines was due to restart flights today to and from Malta after wet-leasing an Airbus A320 aircraft from Tunisian private a...

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Mar 12 Michel Cousins

New Sebha-Cairo flights

Tripoli, March 12: Libyan Airlines launched a new route between Sebha and Cairo on Sunday to meet growing demand for flights between Libya and Egypt. ...

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Mar 4 Michel Cousins

Government buys out shares of Libyan Afriqiyah Aviation Holding Company

As part of government plans to merge the two carriers Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways, the finance ministry has been authorised to buy the share...

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