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Al-Dabaiba is following up on a number of files related to the activation of airports.

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Tripoli, May 5, 2024 (LANA) - Today, Sunday, the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba, followed up with the Minister of Transportation, Muhammad Al-Shahoubi, on a number of files related to aviation, in the presence of the Head of the Civil Aviation Authority, Muhammad Shalibak, and the Director of the Airports Authority, Muhammad Bait al-Mal. The head of the Transportation Projects Implementation Agency, Sami Al-Absh, the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa, and a number of department directors at the Airports Authority.

According to the media office of the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, the meeting was devoted to following up on the Airports Authority’s plan to activate local airports, providing the necessary equipment for them, and following up on the executive procedures of the Civil Aviation Authority regarding opening new international destinations and implementing the requirements of the World Aviation Organization to lift the freeze on Libyan airports.

He added that the meeting also discussed the timetable for implementing the passenger terminal at Tripoli International Airport, additional work for operation, and limiting the work carried out to the main project for implementing the airport.

During the meeting, Al-Dabaiba stressed the need to provide the necessary equipment to local airports in accordance with the requirements of the Aviation Authority in order to facilitate the movement of citizens between Libyan cities, directing the need to focus on completing the passenger terminal at Tripoli International Airport according to the approved timetable, and to begin contractual procedures to implement the main project to implement Tripoli International Airport, which has been suspended since 2010, after reviewing the designs and technical studies.

Al-Dabaiba also directed the Civil Aviation Authority to communicate with organizations related to lifting the embargo on the Libyan state, and to work on opening new international flight destinations.

For his part, the Minister of Transportation, Muhammad Al-Shahoubi, confirmed the return of Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways flights to and from Libya this month, and that discussions are ongoing with Saudi Airlines to resume their flights.

In turn, the head of the Civil Aviation Authority, “Muhammad Shalibak,” confirmed that the Civil Aviation Authority is working professionally with international organizations with the aim of implementing international requirements for lifting the air embargo, and contracting with a number of international companies to supply and install navigational assistance systems and stations for air navigation centers, which will contribute to lifting the embargo.

The head of the Transportation Projects Implementation Agency, Sami Al-Absh, presented a position regarding the timetable for implementing the passenger station with all its annexes and the civil and electrical works to begin work, stressing that the work is progressing well.