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Qatar Airways has confirmed it will resume
flights to the Libyan capital Tripoli from 2 February 2012.
The airline will reintroduce scheduled
services between Doha and Tripoli after suspending operations last
year due to the political situation. The carrier had been flying
to Tripoli for nine years.
Initially, the re-launched route will be served
three-times-a-week, via Alexandria, with plans to increase
capacity at a later date.
Qatar Airways currently flies to
Libya’s north eastern Mediterranean port city of Benghazi with
four flights each week, direct from Doha.
Qatar Airways
Chief Executive Officer,
Akbar Al Baker, said reviving the Tripoli
flights, now that the political situation had eased, was a welcome
boost to the airline’s operations helping meet demand to and from
the Libyan capital.
“Libya is an important market for us
and it was unfortunate that unfolding events there had affected
operations on safety grounds of all airlines flying to the
country,” he said. “We are delighted to be going back to
Tripoli shortly and provide and help revive the much- needed air
transport system in the country after the difficulties of the past
few months.”
Qatar Airways will operate the Tripoli route
with an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration, offering 12
seats in First Class and 132 in Economy.
Aside from
Tripoli, Benghazi is a major economic centre and a key destination
for trade and exports with Libya’s second largest city home to
many industries, including oil refining, food processing, cement
production and tuna fishing.
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