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BA to resume Libya flights from May

Posted Monday, 23 January, 2012

British Airways is the latest carrier to decide to resume flights to Libya when Heathrow-Tripoli services begin again from May 1.

The airline made the announcement today and it follows Etihad’s launch of services to the Libyan capital from Abu Dhabi last week.

BA will run three weekly flights on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It had suspended the service in February 2011 when Libya’s civil war started and a no-fly-zone was imposed by the United Nations in the following month.

The airline said it had conducted a “thorough security review” with both UK and Libyan authorities which cleared the way for flights to resume.

Keith Williams, BA’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted to be returning to Libya. Our flights to Tripoli have provided a vital economic link for many years, and it is good news for everyone that we can now restart operations.”

Air Malta resumed flights to Tripoli in November after a six-month suspension while Qatar Airways started flying from Doha to Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, on November 1.

Iberia to be hit by more pilot strikes

Posted Monday, 23 January, 2012

Iberia has cancelled some of its scheduled flights between Heathrow and Madrid over the next week as it is hit by another wave of strikes by its pilots.

Pilots are set to walk out on Wednesday, Friday and next Monday (January 25, 27 and 30) in an ongoing dispute about the setting up of a new Spanish no-frills airline Iberia Express by parent firm International Airlines Group, which also owns British Airways.

Iberia is cancelling four of its eight scheduled Heathrow-Madrid flights on January 25 while three flights on the route have been axed on January 27 and 30.

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