Libya is currently an enemy of America. You may think that you can't fly there, but trust me you can still fly there for sure! After writing about airlines from the Far East, Asia, and the Middle East this article is about an airline from Africa. This week's airline is Libyan Airlines the national flag carrier of Libya. Libyan is currently a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and the International Air Transport Association.
With hubs at Tripoli, Libya's Tripoli International Airport (IATA:TIP ICAO:HLLT) and Benghazi, Libya's Benina International Airport (IATA:BEN ICAO:HLLB) Libyan Airlines flies to destinations in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Libyan Airlines was founded in 1964 as Kingdom of Libya airlines and began service one year later in 1965 with a fleet of Caravelles for European routes. Years later the name was changed to Libyan Arab Airlines and later Jamahiriya Libyan Arab Airlines. Later the airline had a fleet of Boeing 727s to fly into more European destinations in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Unfortunalely in the 1980s Libyan due to political problems had to close their service to London's Heathrow International Airport (IATA:LHR ICAO:EGLL).
After the incident of Pan Am flight 103 the United Nations imedietly imposed sanctions against Libya. Due to the United Nations sanctions against Libya all of the airline's international flights were grounded. The reason why the United Nations decided to impose sanctions against Libya is because Libya decided to refuse handing over two agents that were government agents that were involved in the Pan Am flight 103 incident. For almost a decade the airline only flew domestic services within Libya. Finally in 1999 the United nations lifted the sanctions against Libya and the airline could restart its international flights.
Then in 2001 the airline Air Jamahiriya merged with the airline which at the time was called Libyan Arab Airlines. Then finally after the sanctions agaist Libya ended Libyan Arab Airlines changed their name to Libyan Airlines resumed its first international route after a decade of all international flights grounded in 1999. The route was to Amman, Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport. The airline has been negotiating with several aircraft manufaters such as Boeing and Airbus Industrie to expand their fleet of aircraft. Expanding their fleet would allow the airline to expand their routes to cover more of Africa, more of Europe, also to China, Japan, India, Canada, Pakistan, The Phillipines, as well as the U.S.
below: A Libyan Airlines
Fokker F-27-600 Fellowship
At Tripoli, Libya's Tripoli International Airport
(IATA:TIP ICAO:HLLT)
The Airline currently has plans to expand their fleet with 4 Airbus A350 XWBs, four A330-200s, seven A320-200, and three Canadair Regional jet 900s with two options on two more CRJ-900s. The airline's reason for these orders of new aircraft is to replace the ageing fleet of aircraft such as the Boeing 727-200, and the BAC-111-414EG and also the orders should help fend off the increased competitions. Also a renewal of the cargo fleet is in place too with four aircraft orders. Also another reason for this renewal is that the new up to date fleet should help attract more Europeans tourists into visiting Libya. The attraction of more tourists is part of a bid to raise the airline's number of passengers.
The airline also has a program to hire more employes, and the airline's technical capacity. To book your Libyan Airlines flight go www.libyanarabairline.com.
fleet breakdown
below: A Libyan Airlines
Airbus A300B4-622R parked
at Tripoli Libya's
Tripoli International Airport
(IATA:TIP ICAO:HLLT)
- 2 Airbus A300B4-622R
- 2 Airbus A310-200
- 1 BAC 111-414EG
- 1 Boeing 727-200
- 2 Fokker F27-600 Fellowship
- 1 Fokker F28
- 1 Gulfstream II
- 7 Airbus A320-200
- 4 Airbus A330-200
- 4 Airbus A350 XWB
- 3 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet
- 2 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet
below: The cover of Libyan Airline's timetable
of 1982.
below: Libyan Airline's present route map.
Algeria
- Algiers (Houari Boumedienne airport (IATA:ALG ICAO: DAAG)
- Alexandria (El Nhousa Airport (IATA:ALY ICAO:HEAX)
- Cairo (Cairo International Airport (IATA:CAI ICAO:HECA)
- Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport (IATA:FRA ICAO:EDDF)
- Milan (Malpensa International Airport (IATA:MXP ICAO:LIMC)
- Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Also known as Fiumicino International Airport (IATA:FCO ICAO:LIRF)
- Amman (Queen Alia International Airport (IATA:AMM ICAO:OJAI)
- Beida (La Abraq Airport (IATA:LAQ ICAO:HLLQ)
- Benghazi (Benina International Airport (IATA:BEN ICAO:HLLB)
- Ghat (Ghat Airport (IATA:GHT ICAO:HLGT)
- Kufra (Kufra Airport (IATA:AKF ICAO:HLKF)
- Misratah (Misratah Airport (IATA:MRA ICAO:N/A)
- Sebha (Sebha Airport (IATA:SEB ICAO:HLLS)
- Sitre (Airport name: N/A (IATA:N/A ICAO:N/A)
- Tobruk (Tobruk Airport (IATA:TOB ICAO:N/A)
- Tripoli (Tripoli International Airport (IATA:TIP ICAO:HLLT)
Boeing 727-2L5/Adv at
Tripoli, Libya's Tripoli International Airport
(IATA:TIP ICAO:HLLT)
Malta
- Luqa (Malta International Airport (IATA:MLA ICAO:LMML)
- Casablanca (Mohammed V International Airport (IATA:CMN ICAO:GMMN)
- Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport (IATA:JED ICAO:OEJN)
- Damascus (Damascus International Airport (IATA:DAM ICAO:OSDI)
- Sfax (Thyna Airport (IATA:SFA ICAO:DTTX)
- Tunis (Tunis-Carthage International Airport (IATA:TUN (ICAO:DTTA)
- Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport (IATA:IST ICAO:LTBA)
- Kiev (Boryspil International Airport (IATA:KBP ICAO:UKBB)
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai (Dubai International Airport (IATA:DXB ICAO:OMDB)
- London (London Heathrow Airport (IATA:LHR ICAO:EGLL)
- Manchester (Manchester Airport (IATA:MAN ICAO:EGCC)
Vienna, Austria with Austrian Airlines
Zurich, Switzerland with Swiss International Airlines
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