LIBYA: Air Traffic Management Centre Inaugurated Next To Tripoli International Airport
TRIPOLI, Libya
- Libyan Transport Minister Mohamed Al-Shahoubi inaugurated the Air Traffic Management Centre next to Tripoli International Airport.
- The centre forms part of the plan to upgrade air navigation services to latest international standards.
- Attendees included Lieutenant General Abdel-Fattah Al-Ballouq, Chief of Staff of Air Defence, Air Force representatives, Civil Aviation Authority specialists, Air Defence Staff and centre technical personnel.
- Direct communications were monitored between air traffic control and aircraft near Kufra and the Egyptian border.
- The Ministry stated the centre marks a qualitative leap in Libyan airspace management and will encourage more international airlines to resume transits.
- Minister Al-Shahoubi called for updated cooperation agreements between the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority and Air Defence Staff plus expanded training of technical personnel.
- Chief of Staff of Air Defence confirmed readiness to expand joint operations with the civil aviation sector.
- No official opening date for Tripoli International Airport was given at the event.
- The Ministry of Transport had previously indicated the new airport terminal will open in the fourth quarter of 2026.
- The original Tripoli International Airport was destroyed in militia fighting in summer 2014.
- Earlier plans by an Italian consortium had targeted a 2024 opening.
- Tripoli authorities had declined to confirm any opening date or release updated construction images in recent months.
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