First passenger plane after fall of Gaddafi lands in Tripoli

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A Turkish Airlines passenger plane landed in Tripoli's Mitiga airport from Istanbul on Saturday in the first international commercial flight to Libya since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in August.

Flags representing Turkey and Libya's new leadership flew outside the airport as the plane landed while inside the building, passengers waited patiently and queued at the check-in desk to board the return flight.

Tripoli's main international airport, which is a separate facility south of the capital, has yet to resume normal operations.

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the first international commercial flight to Libya since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in August.

Turkish and Royal Jordanian already fly to Benghazi since half September.

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Wonder when sheduled service from the Libyan carriers itself will start again.

Libyan Airlines is already allowed to fly again. Afriqiyah is still not allowed to fly to Europe (or is it more than jsut Europe).

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Wonder when sheduled service from the Libyan carriers itself will start again.

Libyan Airlines is already allowed to fly again. Afriqiyah is still not allowed to fly to Europe (or is it more than jsut Europe).

I guess those 2 will merge, before they start up again.