Libyan Airlines

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Libyan Airlines
الخطوط الجوية الليبية
Libyan Airlines logo
Airbus A320-200 of Libyan Airlines
IATA code : LN
ICAO code : LAA
Call sign : LIBAIR
Founding: 1964
Seat: Tripoli , LibyaLibyaLibya 
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Tripoli

Home airport : Tripoli
Company form: State company
IATA prefix code : 148
Fleet size: 17 (+ 6 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: libyanairlines.aero

Libyan Airlines ( Arabic الخطوط الجوية الليبية al-Chuṭūṭ al-dschawwiyya al-lībiyya ) is the national airline of Libya based in Tripoli and based at Tripoli International Airport and a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization .

history

Caravelle of Libyan Arab Airlines, 1971
Fokker F28 of Libyan Arab Airlines
Boeing 707 of Libyan Arab Airlines

Libyan Airlines was founded in 1964 under the name Kingdom of Libya Airlines . The company emerged from the merger of the two airlines Libravia and United Libyan Airlines . International flight operations began in August 1965 between Tripoli and Paris . In the 1960s, the company used Sud Aviation Caravelle aircraft on its flights to Europe. In 1966 the company operated three machines of this type. After the fall of the monarchy, the company took the name Libyan Arab Airlines on September 1, 1969 . Other types of aircraft were the Fokker F-27 (from 1969) and Boeing 727 (from 1973). With the latter, the company flew to its destinations in Europe in the 1970s and early 1980s. The flight to London Heathrow had to be suspended due to political problems in the 1980s. From 1976 Libyan Arab Airlines operated a long-haul aircraft of the type Boeing 707 , which was used exclusively as a government aircraft. To accommodate long-haul flights, the company at the end of the 1970s ordered three widebody aircraft of the type Boeing 747 . Immediately before delivery of the aircraft, which had already been painted in company colors, Libyan Arab Airlines withdrew from the purchase agreement in 1980.

After the attack on Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 by Libyan terrorists, the UN imposed sanctions on Libya. As a result, Libyan had to limit itself to domestic air traffic in Libya for ten years with outdated aircraft. After the sanctions were lifted, international flights to and from Libya could be resumed. In 2000, a Scottish court convicted Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Libyan Airlines' former security chief, for his role in the Lockerbie attack.

As a result of the civil war in Libya and a no-fly zone imposed by the UN , all of the company's aircraft were parked from August 2011. After the fighting ended, operations were gradually resumed on a smaller scale.

In the course of fighting between rival militias in July 2014, much of the Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways fleets were destroyed by rocket attacks.

Destinations

Libyan Airlines flies to destinations in the Middle East and Africa.

fleet

Airbus A330-200 of Libyan Airlines

Current fleet

Airbus A300-600R of Libyan Arab Airlines

As of May 2020, the Libyan Airlines fleet consists of 17 aircraft with an average age of 9.5 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats Average age

(May 2020)

Airbus A320-200 6th three inactive 168 8.5 years
Airbus A330-200 3 one inactive - open - 6.4 years
Airbus A350-900 6th - open -
ATR 42-500 2 inactive 48 11.5 years
Bombardier CRJ900 6th five inactive 75 11.3 years
total 17th 6th 9.5 years

Libyan Airlines operates a cargo airline under the name Libyan Arab Air Cargo .

Former aircraft types

Before that, the company also used the following types of aircraft since it was founded in 1964:

Incidents

The 1992 Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 crashed

At Libyan Arab Airlines there were 14 total write-downs of aircraft under their various names from 1967 to July 2018. In 3 of them, 324 people were killed. Extracts:

  • On February 21, 1973, a Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727-200 ( aircraft registration number 5A-DAH ) was shot down by the Israeli air force on the flight from Benghazi to Cairo over the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula . This suspected an enemy aircraft because the Boeing was approaching a military airfield and the crew did not react to the international interception signals. Of the 113 people on board, only one crew member and four passengers survived (see also Libyan Arab Airlines flight 114 ) .

See also

Web links

Commons : Libyan Airlines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aero, issue 217, year 1987
  2. ↑ jp aircraft markings 66
  3. ^ Airline Markings and Commercial Aircraft, Aerospace Publishing London 1985
  4. ↑ jp airline-fleets, Edition 77
  5. ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 80
  6. ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Libya's civilian fleet destroyed, July 18, 2014
  7. ↑ a b c Libyan Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 17, 2020, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries. In: airbus.com. April 30, 2020, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  9. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1967–2007.
  10. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
  11. ↑ Accident Statistics Libyan Arab Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Accident statistics Libyan Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 20, 2018.
  13. ^ Accident report B-727-200 5A-DAH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 20, 2018.
  14. ^ Accident report B-727-200 5A-DIA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 20, 2018.