TunisAir first foreign carrier to resume Libya flights

Tunisia’s national carrier schedules three flights a week to Tripoli and two to Benghazi in eastern Libya.

TunisAir has resumed flights to Libya, becoming the first foreign carrier to fly the route for seven years in the wake of the United Nations-sponsored peace efforts, it announced on Tuesday. Its flights landed on Monday in capital Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya’s second city, the company said, adding that the event was celebrated with hoses firing water arches on arrival. It has scheduled three flights a week to Tripoli and two to Benghazi in eastern Libya.