The Luxembourg-based cargo airline plans to operate flights to Tripoli from 16 April.

A government committee in charge of implementing the treaty signed between Italy and Libya in 2008 says it has shelved a joint scheme to build a new coastal highway in Libya.

Direct flights between Tripoli and the capital of Niger are to restart before the end of April, according to Libya's transport minister.

The carrier will hold a meeting next week to discuss amending its legal status and increasing its capital, but told The Libya Report that it has not yet relaunched flights.

A group of Libyan Airlines pilots based in Benghazi went on strike on 5 April as part of a dispute over where they are to be trained and tested.

Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways have by far the newest fleets of aircraft in North Africa, according to a recent report.

Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines will fly 12 times weekly from Tripoli to Frankfurt and Vienna under their summer schedule, which starts at the end of March.

The ministry says it has not handed over the operation of Libya's ports to private companies, and has also cancelled decisions to award storage and handling licenses.

The transport minister says the port will be ready to receive ships in July after being out of action since the end of the conflict.

The state-owned General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) is reportedly considering legal action over a cancelled cruise ship contract it signed in 2010.

The first post-revolution commercial flight from Sirte airport, which has undergone repair and upgrade work, took to the skies earlier this week.

Libya's transport minister says that the airport, which has been undergoing repair and upgrade work, will soon resume flights to Tripoli.

State-owned carriers Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines both lost major sums in 2011 as a result of damage to aircraft and other equipment.

Employees of the Socialist Ports Company (SPC) have held a sit-in to protest against privatising Libya's ports and ports companies.

The completion of a new passenger terminal at the airport, which is located near to Al Bayda in north-east Libya, has been delayed because of materials being held up in Benghazi port.