Libya: ITA Airways resumes flights to Tripoli after 10-year hiatus

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…