The recently announced planned resumption of flights between Libya and Italy will still be conditional on Libya meeting ‘‘some preconditions’’, highly placed sources told Libya Herald. The source told Libya Herald that flights could resume much earlier than September if the Libyan side fulfils these preconditions earlier. Nevertheless, after continuous pressure from the Tripoli Libyan government and Libyans in general, Italy has pre-empted a unified lifting of the EU flight ban. And once EU states resume flights to Libya, it will be difficult for non-EU states to justify continuing to impose a flight ban on Libya. Italy has taken that leap of faith and decided to break the glass ceiling and resume flights.

Source: Libya Today July 14, 2023 16:54 UTC