News / Libyan airlines reveal strategy to regain control of the country's air cargo sector

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Libya’s state-owned airlines, Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines, are planning to regain control of air cargo imports from foreign operators and boost the country’s aviation sector with new airfreight services.

“The cargo market in Libya is very promising and we are planning to invest a lot of money in future freight operations,” Libyan Airlines chairman Khalid Taynaz told The Loadstar.

“We are now in negotiations to lease one aircraft and are thinking of buying another second-hand, most likely an A300-600F.”

Libyan Airlines had ...