Algeria’s national carrier Air Algérie resumes direct flights from Algiers to Tripoli, Libya, on Oct. 28 after nearly 12 years of suspension amid instability in Libya. The Algerian airline will operate two flights a week for now, according to Libya’s Government of National Unity media office.
Libyan Flights Halted over Civil War
Many international airlines suspended flights to and from Libya after the civil war between 2014 and 2020.
Some airlines resumed services after a 2020 ceasefire largely stopped major clashes. Efforts to completely resolve the political crisis have failed so far, with rival administrations in eastern and western Libya competing for control of the country’s economic resources.
The transport ministry said airspace restrictions imposed by the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization in 2015 (during Libya’s civil war) have been lifted.
Air Algérie Resumed Services
Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport received an Air Algérie flight on Oct. 28 arriving from Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers, marking the resumption of direct flights between the two countries after the 12-year hiatus.
The media office posted photographs of the reopening ceremony at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport (MJI), the capital’s primary civil and international airport, showing an Air Algérie aircraft.
Two weekly round-trip flights are scheduled for Wednesdays and Fridays, operating between Houari Boumediene International Airport and Mitiga International Airport.
The Transport Ministry said the resumption of these flights is part of the Tripoli Government’s efforts to strengthen cooperation with Algeria and solidify the bonds between the two countries as Air Algérie resumes flights to Libya.
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