International flights can now overfly Western Libyan airspace (Photo: Tom Westcott) 24 October 2014: Western Libyan airspace has now been fully reopened, allowing international flights to overfly the west of the . . . country for the first time in three months. “We have the capability and it is safe now to overfly in the West. There are no issues,” The Director General of the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LYCAA) Captain Nasereddin Shaebelain told the Libya Herald. “But of course, anyone wi

Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have stopped flying to Libya until further notice after a number of . . . incidents at Tripoli International Airport. “We have stopped all flights for the time being,” a Lufthansa spokesperson told the Libya Herald. “We are continuing to speak to the authorities and analyse the situation but we have now taken flights to Tripoli off the system.”

All Libyan Airlines flights to and from Europe have been suspended by . . . the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LYCAA) after a flight to London lost communications with Air Traffic Control. The aircraft was operated by private Tunisian company Nouvelair, which currently services Libyan Airlines’ European routes.