In each cases, return flights to Malta are advertised for the same days.The flights are listed as ‘charters’ but are actually scheduled to run up to at least 26 March.MaltaToday has confirmed that Malta-based (and registered) Medavia will be operating the flights, using its own aircraft, disproving the reports on African Intelligence. MaltaToday has learned that the application was not accepted because the company did not satisfy various criteria.A spokesman for Afriqiyah confirmed that the four new weekly flights were not Afriqiyah flights. Malta and other states, on the other hand, allows flights under very strict conditions. But Al-Qaeda’s Libyan affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, is very prominent in eastern Libya. In Benghazi, its militants have been present since the overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011 and have been continuously battling the LNA.

Source: Libya Today February 08, 2017 06:32 UTC