Mitiga airport closed as sporadic and indiscriminate gunfire and shelling continues in Tripoli militia fighting
By Sami Zaptia. Frankfurt, 31 August 2018: Mitiga airport was closed today for 48 hours and flights diverted to Misrata ...
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Mitiga airport reopens after gunfire causes short closure
By Sami Zaptia. Mitiga Airport's main entrance (Photo: From archives by Nigel Ash, Libya Herald) London, 14 February 2018: Tripoli’s ...
Mitiga airport temporarily closed: contradictory reasons given
By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 22 June 2017: Flights to Tripoli’s Mitiga airport were temporarily diverted to Misrata last night ...
Turkish Airlines inspects Mitiga airport with view to restarting flights soon
By Sami Zaptia. Turkish airlines is inspecting Tripoli's Mitiga airport with a view to restarting flights soon (Photo: Libyan Airports ...
IOM voluntarily repatriates 154 Nigerian illegal migrants from Libya
By Sami Zaptia. Nigerian illegal migrants voluntarily returned home by the IOM from Libya (Nigerian media). London, 11 October 2016: ...
Militias continue to block departure of brand new Afriqiyah A330-300 from Mitiga
By Sami Zaptia. Afriqiyah is desperately trying to get militias at Mitiga airport to release its brand new Airbus A330-300 ...
All’s well that ends well as Tripoli toddler goes flyabout
By Ajnadin Mustafa. Abdulfattah reunited with his mother after his adventure of a lifetime (Photo: Mitiga Airport) Tripoli, 10 May ...
Mitiga airport closed and reopened again Monday as heavy gunfire dominates Tripoli
By Sami Zaptia. Mitiga Airport was closed again today due to nearby heavy gunfire associated with the imminent arrival of ...
Tripoli airspace reopened after ‘’technical’’ reason caused closure
By Sami Zaptia. London, 27 March 2016: Tripoli and Misrata airspaces were reopened to flights late Sunday afternoon after they ...
A new Libyan plane flies in as an old one flies out
By Libya Herald reporter. Malta, 28 August 2015: Two Libyan . . .Airlines aircraft travelled in opposite directions this past couple ...
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