LIBYA REBUILDS ITS AIRPORTS AND ECONOMY POST-CIVIL WAR
March 1st, 2012
BY MEGAN DETRIE, IN CAIRO
A YEAR after the break out of the civil war in Libya which ousted Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from power - but paralysed the economy - the north African country's airports are just now beginning to reopen, with construction projects likely to resume in the coming months.
"Considering the circumstances, work in the airline and airports stopped for a relatively short period of time and now is completely functional in all respects," said Ezz El Deen el Taweel, the commercial manager for Libyan airline Afriqyah Airways. According to ...
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