One western group responded by seizing premises in Tripoli and trying to restore executive powers to Khalifa Al-Ghwell, the former prime minister. For the country’s two state-owned carriers, Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways, survival comes at a cost. With few Libyans splashing out on air travel, and still fewer foreigners willing to visit the country, Afriqiyah is now deploying just six of the 16 aircraft under its ownership. It’s no easier,” chairman Abubaker Elfortia told me during the annual meeting of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organisation (AACO) in Casablanca in November. Elfortia insisted that Afriqiyah is welcomed in all corners of the country, irrespective of tribal allegiances.

Source: Libya Today March 28, 2017 09:11 UTC