LIBYA: Libyan Government and Boeing Review Progress on New Airline Project
TRIPOLI, Libya
- Mustafa Al-Manea, executive team leader for Libyan Prime Ministerial Initiatives and Strategic projects, reviewed progress on the Boeing partnership and new airline launch project with company officials.
- The meeting covered fleet aircraft, technical support, operations, training, feasibility study indicators, financing model, and commercial and executive aspects.
- Boeing participants included commercial aircraft sales director Keith Naida, Middle East and Africa account manager Karim Freund for Boeing Global Services, and senior aviation consultant Michael Castle.
- The project forms part of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah's vision to develop Libya's aviation sector and launch a modern airline to international standards using Boeing expertise.
- Libyan United Airlines (LUA) was unveiled in December 2025 with Ziad Farhoud as chief executive. In August this year, the government’s founding committee under the newly formed National Aviation Holding Company, met under transport minister Mohamed Al-Shahoubi to review LUA’s action plan, the half-year Boeing partnership report from the May 2026 Washington agreement, and network plans tied to the promised reopening of Tripoli International Airport. Boeing, the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority and the prime minister’s projects team attended. Whether LUA is a private start-up or the government’s next flag carrier under a new holding is not settled.
- Established carriers that operate under the Libyan African Aviation Holding Company (LAAHCO), Afriqiyah and Libyan Airlines continue to languish amid a lack of funding and viable equipment. Of the two, only Libyan Airlines has any active aircraft at present - a single A320-200.
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