Updated On: 01 October, 2023 08:09 AM IST | Cairo | Agencies
A return flight was scheduled to land in Tripoli on Saturday afternoon, according to Mitiga International Airport

Italy along with many western nations banned flights from Libya after Moammar Gadhafi’s death in 2011. File pic
Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said. Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome`s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, according to Libyan airport authorities.
A return flight was scheduled to land in Tripoli on Saturday afternoon, according to Mitiga International Airport. Going forward, there will be one round-trip flight between the Libyan and Italian capitals on both Saturdays and Wednesdays, according to the Mitiga airport announcement.