Libya

The country is working to revive its aviation industry after years of decline.

After nearly a decade of suspension due to security concerns, Morocco and Libya plan to resume direct air and sea links in 2025.

Despite the resolution of the conflict in 2020 and improvements in Libya’s aviation infrastructure, Libyan air carriers remain barred from European skies.

Mohammed Shlibek, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority, foresees the end of the European flight ban on Libyan airlines in April 2024.

In a historic development for Libyan aviation, ITA Airways, the state-owned flag carrier of Italy, successfully operated the first commercial flight between Rome and Libya on July 24, 2023. Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was on board the Airbus A320 as it departed from Leonardo da Vinci airport in Fiumicino, Italy and landed […]

While the Arab Spring brought forward new scenes for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the airlines of these countries have had to make sure that their local citizens have the ability to continue to receive their services despite the political landscape. No country was more impacted by war than Libya, whose […]