Mohamed Taher Issa, a Libyan businessman and ally of Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has launched Med Sky (short for Mediterranean Sky) to operate flights between the oil-rich country and Europe, Libya Update reports. Med Sky is based in Malta and Misrata. The airline is the first Libyan commercial airline to fly on European sky ever since the European Union halted direct flights with Libya in the aftermath of the second civil war outbreak in 2014. Taher Issa is a business tycoon based in Misrata and known close to Dbeibeh, one of Libya’s current two Prime Ministers. Libya currently has over 10 airlines including Libyan Wings, Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines, in operation.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2022 12:45 UTC