Kufra airport activates runway and taxiway lighting enabling nighttime flights
Feb 22 Sami Zaptia

Kufra airport activates runway and taxiway lighting enabling nighttime flights

Kufra Airport announced last Tuesday (17 February) that its runway and taxiway lighting has been activated, following several days of continuous effor...

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Transport Minister Shahoubi stresses adherence to ICAO recommendations and raising Mitiga’s operational performance‎
Oct 7 Sami Zaptia

Transport Minister Shahoubi stresses adherence to ICAO recommendations and raising Mitiga’s operational performance‎

‎During an extensive meeting held at Mitiga Airport today, Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, reviewed the implementatio...

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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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Lufthansa to act as consultant for proposed new Libyan state airliner
Aug 18 Sami Zaptia

Lufthansa to act as consultant for proposed new Libyan state airliner

Lufthansa International Consulting has been accredited by the Tripoli based Libyan government to oversee the establishment of a new state airline. ‎T...

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Buraq Airways receives its new Airbus A320 at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport
Apr 13 Sami Zaptia

Buraq Airways receives its new Airbus A320 at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport

Libya’s privately owned Buraq Airways reported last Friday (11 April) that its latest Airbus A320 has arrived at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport ‎Buraq Airw...

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Misrata Airport installs e-boarding gates
Aug 8 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Airport installs e-boarding gates

‎The Transport Ministry’s Airports Authority announced last Tuesday (6 August) the completion of installation of electronic boarding card gates at Mis...

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Libya’s Air Ambulance Service receives aircraft after 7-year maintenance stay in Malta
Jan 17 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Air Ambulance Service receives aircraft after 7-year maintenance stay in Malta

The Libya Air Ambulance Service announced last Saturday, 13 January, that its Beechcraft King Air 200C had returned to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Fri...

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Refurbished Ubari airport reopened, receives first flight in four years
Oct 4 Sami Zaptia

Refurbished Ubari airport reopened, receives first flight in four years

Ubari Airport was reopened yesterday after receiving its first flight in four years. Ubari lies 977 km in southwest Libya.The flight from Tripoli carr...

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Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority and Egypt Air inspection team visits Mitiga, Misrata and Sebha airports to assess readiness for flight resumption
Jun 20 Sami Zaptia

Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority and Egypt Air inspection team visits Mitiga, Misrata and Sebha airports to assess readiness for flight resumption

An inspection team from Egyptian Civil Aviation and Egypt Air conducted Sunday an audit visit to Tripoli’s Mitiga, Misrata and Sebha airports.At Mitig...

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Ghadames Air receives its Airbus 330
Apr 1 Sami Zaptia

Ghadames Air receives its Airbus 330

Private sector Libyan carrier, Ghadames Air, took delivery of its Airbus 330 on Thursday.The new addition to its fleet is a second-hand craft that wil...

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