Airlines Suspend Flights, Evacuate Aircraft Amid Libya Violence

Victoria Moores David Casey Helen Massy-Beresford August 15, 2023

Afriqiyah Airlines — Credit: Rob Finlayson

Flights have been suspended and aircraft are being evacuated at the Libyan capital Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport after violent clashes between two armed groups left two people dead, according to local media reports and flight tracking information. The disruption is the latest example of...

Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

David Casey

David Casey is Editor in Chief of Routes, the global route development community's trusted source for news and information.

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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