Libya’s Mitiga Airport resumes flights

Flights have been resumed from Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport after over four months of suspension due to anti-Coronavirus measures and after the massive damage done to the airport during Khalifa Haftar’s aggression on Tripoli.

The manager of the airport Lutfi Al-Tabib said the first flight resumed from Mitiga was a Libyan Airlines flight to Istanbul and another flight on Afriqiyah Airways scheduled also to head to Istanbul.

The manager added that the airport had taken all necessary precautions aimed at undermining the spread of Covid-19.

Haftar’s forces have shelled and struck Mitiga Airport many times during the offensive on Tripoli.

Read more via The Libya Observer

Discover more from The Dispatch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Verified by MonsterInsights