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| Tripoli International Airport to Reopen November |
| 2011-10-13 |
| [Tripoli Post] Normality is expected to return to the Tripoli International Airport within a month and with the reopening of the airport, several international carriers will resume flights to Libya, interim transport and communications' minister Anwar Alfituri has said. As part of its efforts to consolidate control over strategic infrastructure, on Monday Libya's interim government took over Tripoli International Airport from a group of regional fighters. Alitalia, who has flown to Libya by using the military airport at Maitiga, on the outskirt of Tripoli, is scheduled to be the first national carrier to fly to the international airport on November 2. Alfituri said that the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has also received requests to restart flights from Air La Belle France, Egypt Air, Royal Jordanian, Turkish Airlines, Tunis Air and Austrian Airlines. Announcing that international flights to and out of Libya from the Tripoli International Airport will start within a month, Alfituri said he expects all of the airlines who have sounded their intention to start using the facilities at the TIA next month. |
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| #1 What about Wheelus? |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-10-13 14:44 |