May 15 Sami Zaptia

MedSky to add additional flight to its service to Malta from 23 June

The Libyan privately owned MedSky Airways has announced that it will be adding an additional flight to its service between Tripoli and Malta this...

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MedSky confirms start of direct Dusseldorf flights from 17 May
Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

MedSky confirms start of direct Dusseldorf flights from 17 May

Privately owned Libyan airliner, MedSky, confirmed yesterday the start of their direct flights to and from Düsseldorf airport starting on 17 May....

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Syria’s Fly Cham to start direct flights to Tripoli from 25 April
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

Syria’s Fly Cham to start direct flights to Tripoli from 25 April

The Emirati-Syrian private airliner, Fly Cham, announced last Monday (13 April) that it will commence a new route through direct flights between the S...

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MedSky CEO foretells the resumption of direct Tripoli-London flights as an imperative on several levels
Apr 13 Sami Zaptia

MedSky CEO foretells the resumption of direct Tripoli-London flights as an imperative on several levels

Following the announcement by Libya’s privately-owned MedSky airlines of the resumption of direct flights to and from Madrid from 21 April and the lis...

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Medsky to start its Tripoli - Madrid flights on 21 April
Apr 1 Sami Zaptia

Medsky to start its Tripoli - Madrid flights on 21 April

In a short announcement on its social media page, Medsky announced yesterday that it is to launch its long-heralded direct Tripoli-Madrid-Tripoli flig...

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Buraq Air to receive its new Embraer 190 – the first in Libya
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Buraq Air to receive its new Embraer 190 – the first in Libya

Privately owned Buraq Air announced yesterday that it will take delivery of its new Embraer 190 aircraft – the first of this model in Libya. The airl...

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First asphalt layer being put down at Tripoli International Airport
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

First asphalt layer being put down at Tripoli International Airport

The Tripoli based Libyan government’s Media Page announced last Friday (19 September) that work is continuing laying the first asphalt layer of the ma...

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Mitiga Airport’s new terminal to open next Sunday with two test flights
Aug 13 Sami Zaptia

Mitiga Airport’s new terminal to open next Sunday with two test flights

Mitiga Airport’s new terminal, Tripoli’s only operating airport, is to open next Sunday (18 August), the Tripoli based Transport Ministry’s Airports A...

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Libyan carriers allowed to travel through EU airspace from Istanbul to Tripoli
Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

Libyan carriers allowed to travel through EU airspace from Istanbul to Tripoli

The state carrier, Libyan Airlines, announced yesterday that its flight, using its Airbus 330 from Istanbul to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, will travel t...

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Former chairman of Afriqiyah Airlines detained over unaccountable US$ 950,000
May 12 Sami Zaptia

Former chairman of Afriqiyah Airlines detained over unaccountable US$ 950,000

The Attorney General’s Office announced last Friday (10 May) that the former chairman of the state Afriqiyah Airlines has been put in provisional dete...

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