Italy’s flag carrier, ITA Airways, resumed direct flights to Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Sunday, being the first airline from a major West European nation to do so after a 10-year hiatus due to civil war in the North African country, the company and Tripoli’s transport minister said.
ITA said it would operate two direct flights a week from Rome’s Fiumicino airport to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport.
“We are proud to inaugurate today our first direct commercial flight between Tripoli and Rome Fiumicino, strengthening commercial and cultural ties between Libya and Italy in support of bilateral relations between the two countries,” Andrea Benassi, ITA Airways general manager, said in a statement.