Libya’s airlines expect to merge soon
Libya’s two
state-owned airlines, which have been spending millions of dollars
expanding their fleets, hope to win government approval next month to
merge, the head of the carriers’ parent company told Reuters.
Libyan Airlines and
Afriqiyah Airways have been in negotiations about a merger for several
years, but the plan has been repeatedly delayed.
“The decision will
be announced by around mid-October … Afriqiyah and Libyan Airlines
will be one company,” Sabri Shadi, chairman of the Libyan African
Aviation Holding Company (LAAHC), told Reuters in an interview.
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