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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Direct flights between Benghazi and Rome and Milan to be launched in early June
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Direct flights between Benghazi and Rome and Milan to be launched in early June

Direct flights between Benghazi and Rome and Milan are scheduled to be launched in early June. The announcement was made yesterday ‎following a meeti...

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Chad signs agreement with Egypt to construct Chad section of the Egypt-Libya-Chad Transit Road
Dec 11 Sami Zaptia

Chad signs agreement with Egypt to construct Chad section of the Egypt-Libya-Chad Transit Road

Chad's Minister of Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Aziz Mohamed Saleh, and‎‎ ‎‎the Chairman of Egypt’s Arab Contractors Company, Ahmed El Assar,...

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Libya discusses with Chad direct flights and the Transit Trade Road
Nov 6 Sami Zaptia

Libya discusses with Chad direct flights and the Transit Trade Road

The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, discussed yesterday with Chargé d'affaires at the Chadian Embassy Bashir Treebo A...

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Egypt’s Air Cairo to start flights to Tripoli and Benghazi in mid-December
Nov 5 Sami Zaptia

Egypt’s Air Cairo to start flights to Tripoli and Benghazi in mid-December

Egyptian budget carrier, Air Cairo, part owned by the state carrier Egypt Air, will start flights to Tripoli’s Mitiga and Benghazi’s Benina airports....

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Eastern Libya signs MoU to construct its section of the Egypt – Libya - Chad Transit Road Project
Sep 10 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libya signs MoU to construct its section of the Egypt – Libya - Chad Transit Road Project

‎The Hafter controlled Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signed a memorandum of understanding last Saturday (7 September) with Egypt’s Arab Co...

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Jordanian Civil Aviation delegation inspects Tripoli’s Mitiga airport with view to resuming direct flights
Jul 7 Sami Zaptia

Jordanian Civil Aviation delegation inspects Tripoli’s Mitiga airport with view to resuming direct flights

A Royal Jordanian plane arrived at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport yesterday carrying a team from the Jordanian Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission on a fie...

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Libyan Railroads holds meeting with LIA – discusses possibilities of investment and financing
May 21 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Railroads holds meeting with LIA – discusses possibilities of investment and financing

Libyan Railroads reported Monday that it had held a working meeting with the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) at the latter’s Tripoli headquarters he...

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Egypt’s Nile Air to start Cairo to Sebha service ‘‘this week’’
May 11 Sami Zaptia

Egypt’s Nile Air to start Cairo to Sebha service ‘‘this week’’

The Tripoli based Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, announced last Thursday (9 May) the launch of the Nile Air’s operation of its flights be...

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After a near 10-year hiatus: Turkish Airlines to resume direct flights to Tripoli Mitiga next Thursday 28 March
Mar 24 Sami Zaptia

After a near 10-year hiatus: Turkish Airlines to resume direct flights to Tripoli Mitiga next Thursday 28 March

The Tripoli based Libyan government announced yesterday that Turkish Airlines will begin direct flights to and from Mitiga Airport starting next week...

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