Flights resumed on Thursday at the Libyan capital Tripoli's sole functioning airport, after a more than three-month suspension due to repeated rocket attacks, an official said. "We have reestablished flights at the Mitiga International Airport," airport director Lotfi al-Tabib told AFP. Other Libyan airlines, including Buraq and Libyan Wings, have announced they will resume flights in the coming days. The reopening of the airport is a boon for travellers to the Libyan capital, where more than a third of the country's six-million strong population lives. Only Libyan airlines -- all banned from European airspace -- operate regular flights from Mitiga, mainly to Tunis and Istanbul.

Source: Libya Today December 12, 2019 16:18 UTC