Air links between Libya and Italy will resume in the fall after an interruption of nearly a decade, the head of the Libyan government, based in Tripoli and recognized by the UN, announced on Sunday. "The Italian government has informed us of its decision to lift the air embargo imposed on Libyan civil aviation for ten years," Abdelhamid Dbeibah announced on Twitter on Sunday. Mr Dbeibah did not specify whether or not the Libyan carriers would be removed from this list before the planned resumption of air links with Italy. With the resumption of flights in September, Italy will be the second European country after Malta to have a direct air link with Libya. Since then, European countries have interrupted their links with Libya, prohibited the landing of Libyan planes and closed their airspace to Libyan companies, for security reasons.

Source: Ethiopian News July 10, 2023 10:52 UTC