Reviewing and summarising developments in Libya’s aviation sector in 2023 and since the holding of the first Libya Aviation Forum and Expo in November 2022, Ben El Haj said it is now a matter of how many months until the EU air ban on Libya is lifted. Tripoli International Airport to reopen in mid-2024During the symposium, Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba had said he expected Tripoli International Airport, currently under construction by Italian consortium Aeneas, to reopen in the middle of 2024. Four major airports will be audited by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2024. These will be Tripoli’s Mitiga, Misrata airport, Benghazi’s Benina airport and Tripoli International Airport – when its construction is completed. Raising standards to ICAO levelsAt the 2022 Libya Aviation Forum and Expo it was announced that Libya’s aviation sector is below the world average in the implementation of ICAO regulations.

Source: Libya Today October 27, 2023 08:29 UTC