BENGHAZI AIRPORT AWAITS RETURN TO CIVILIAN TRAFFIC AFTER GADDAFI’S FALL
August 1st, 2011
BY BRIAN CONLEY and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the fall of the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya, civilian flights could soon return to Benghazi's Benina International Airport, which has been effectively closed to standard commercial flights since the country's rebellion began in February.
The UN World Food Programme has confirmed to Jane's Airport Review that UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flights started operating at the airport with the establishment of the no fly zone over Libya by NATO in March. Spokesman Abeer Etefa said: "There were some flights ...
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