Mellitah Extends Tender for Air Transport Services
The Mellitah Oil & Gas Company (Oil Division) intends to issue the below tender and wishes to invite for pre-qualification interested, experienced and reputable Companies specialized in providing...
View ArticleCBL Receives new Shipment of Libyan Currency
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) in Tripoli received a new shipment of Libyan paper currency on Friday. The dinars were produced in the United Kingdom, and sent by air via Mitiga...
View ArticleAfriqiyah Wet-Leases Turboprop from Medavia
By John Lee. Afriqiyah Airways is reportedly wet-leasing a Dash 8-100 from Malta’s Medavia to run its scheduled charter flights between Libya with Malta. According to ch-aviation, two weekly flights...
View ArticleEnav to build Control Tower at Mitiga Airport
Italy’s Enav has been awarded by the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) a contract for the construction and set up of the control tower and technical building of the Mitiga airport in Libya. The...
View ArticleNew Control Tower arrives for Mitiga Airport
By John Lee. Italy’s Techno Sky has delivered a new air traffic control tower to be installed at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport. The company is a subsidiary of ENAV, which was recently awarded the contract...
View ArticleBuraq Air Ceases Operations
By John Lee. Libya Herald has reported that Buraq Air has stopped all flights, closed its office in Tripoli, and has been uncontactable. Staff at the airline, which had been flying from Mitiga to...
View ArticleMilitia holds Libyan Airlines chief Hostage
The chairman of Libyan Airlines, Fathi Al-Shatti, was reportedly seized by armed men nearly three weeks ago and is allegedly being held without charge at a base of the Rada Deterence Force, a local...
View ArticleClashes Shut Mitiga Airport
By John Lee. In what has been described heaviest fighting in Tripoli for months, the city’s Mitiga Airport has been closed and at least 20 people have been killed. The clashes came following a failed...
View ArticleTripoli Airport to Close for 3 Months
Libya Herald reports that Tripoli International Airport is to close for runway repairs in six weeks time. The work is planned to take three months, during which time all domestic and international...
View ArticleUnidentified Jet Strikes Tripoli Airport
At least one unidentified jet has carried out an air strike on Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport on Monday Reuters quotes witnesses and local television as saying that the extent of damage was not...
View ArticleLibyan Wings Signs Deal with Lufthansa Technik
Libyan Wings, the new Tripoli-based airline, has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Technik (LHT), the leading provider for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of airplanes, components and engines,...
View ArticleMedavia told to Stop Libya-Malta Flights
Medavia Aviation has reportedly suspended its daily flight between Libya’s Mitiga airport and Malta until 16th November. The Malta-based airline made the decision on instructions from the Maltese...
View ArticleMedavia Resumes Flights between Tripoli and Malta
By John Lee. Libya Herald reports that Medavia is resuming flights between Libya and Malta. The service between Mitiga airport in Libya and Luqa in Malta was suspended by the Maltese Civil Aviation...
View ArticleGNA blames Tripoli for Airspace Closure
Reuters reports that the Government of National Accord (GNA) has accused authorities in Tripoli of closing the capital’s airspace to prevent it from travelling from Tunis to start work. Its...
View ArticleMitiga Airport diverts Flights after Rocket Attack
By John Lee. Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport has reportedly diverted flights after a rocket attack on Tuesday night. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, according to BBC....
View ArticleAir Malta may Resuming Libyan flights in 2019
By John Lee. Air Malta is reportedly considering resuming scheduled passenger flights to Libya in 2019. According to a report from Malta Independent, the proposed service may operate between Malta...
View ArticleMedavia to set up Libyan Airline
By John Lee. Malta’s Mediterranean Aviation Company Ltd (Medavia) is reported to be setting up a Libyan-based airline. According to Forbes, the new carrier is provisionally named Medlib, or Medavia...
View ArticleUN condemns the LNA Attack on Mitiga Airport
Statement by the Special representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ghassan Salame The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame...
View ArticleUN Condemns Attacks on Mitiga Airport
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame condemns the repeated indiscriminate shelling targeting Mitiga airport, the only...
View ArticleUNSMIL Condemns Attack on Mitiga Airport
UNSMIL: latest attacks on Mitiga Airport, a direct threat to the lives of civilian passengers; perpetrators will face accountability Following another attack today, 01 September, on Mitiga airport...
View ArticleTripoli Airport “to Re-Open by Christmas”
By Adam Nathan (@adamgnathan). Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport will reopen “within the next month”, according to Dr Mohamed Bitelmal, President of the Libyan Airports Authority (LAA). Located on...
View ArticleVideo: Haftar's Forces Attack Mitiga Airport
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News. Shelling of Tripoli's airport hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger...
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