Libya’s prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, boarded a commercial flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome, to return to Tripoli on Monday. The Libyan prime minister said Monday that Libyans would be able to book direct flights to Italy in September after the Italian government agreed earlier this month to lift a 10-year-long ban on civil aviation in the North African nation. Pierluigi Di Palma, President of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority, gave his opinion on the matter: “Next September I think that it will be possible to have Libyan flights to Italy. I think that today is an important day for us, and I think that today is an important day for you. Libya is a dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to the old continent.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 25, 2023 09:26 UTC