Air Malta yesterday operated its first scheduled service to Libya since the uprising, one of the first international airlines to do so.
The airline carried 175 passengers to and from Tripoli International Airport and will be operating flights three times a week.
On board the first flight was a high-level Air Malta delegation, including airline chairman Louis Farrugia and CEO Peter Davies.
“The resumption of air services between Tripoli and Malta is an important step both in restoring our commercial links and in the strengthening of the good relations between our two countries,” Mr Farrugia said.
While in Tripoli, they held discussions with top Libyan civil aviation authorities and addressed a press conference with Ezzaddin Elnaas, director of Tripoli International Airport, and Ibrahim Wali, Air Transport director of the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority.
Air Malta will be flying to Tripoli every Monday, Thursday and Saturday.