After painting in full Air Libya colors, former Swiss Avro RJ100 5A-FLF (msn E3381) was delivered to the airline on 29 December, being ferried to the airline’s base at Benghazi via Malta. She had been ferried to East Midlands for painting by AirbourneColours on 19 December and rolled out on […]
Former Swiss Avro RJ100 5A-FLF (msn E3381) was ferried to East Midlands on 19 December for painting into Air Libya colors by AirbourneColours. She had been at Prestwick for maintenance by Chevron since June. She had arrived there from Cranfield as M-ABKZ, but emerged from the hangar on 30 October […]
Former Swiss Avro RJ100 M-ABKY (msn E3377, ex HB-IYV/G-CFAB) was delivered to Air Libya as 5A-FLG. She had been stored at Cranfield since November 2016, initially as HB-IYV and then as G-CFAB. She was registered as M-ABKY to Mohamed Ahmed Elobeid on 17 January. After some post-storage maintenance, she was […]
A second former Swiss Avro RJ100 is being prepared for service with Air Libya. RJ100 HB-IYS (msn E3381) has been stored at Cranfield since December 2016, initially as G-CFAE. In May, she was registered to Mohamed Ahmed Elobeid as M-ABKZ. On 9 June, she was ferried to Prestwick for maintenance, […]
BAe 146-200 5A-FLC (msn E2077) of Air Libya returned to service after a prolonged period of maintenance at Sofia. She has been ferried to Sofia in September 2016. She has since been in and out of the hangar, as well as spending some time parked engine-less outside. She was finally […]
Air Libya has acquired former Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYR (msn E3382) from Falko as 5A-FLE. HB-IYR has been in storage at Cranfield since February, when she was returned off-lease to Falko. She was re-registered as G-CFAF in March. That registration was cancelled on 12 July, and she was registered M-ABKX […]
Air Libya has lost a second aircraft as a result of the turmoil afflicting the country. In July 2014, Avro RJ100 5A-FLB (msn E3234) was written off after being severely damaged during fighting near Tripoli’s airport. Now BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ (msn E3191) — Air Libya’s first 146, acquired in 2009 […]
Avro RJ100 5A-FLB (msn E3234) of Air Libya has apparently been damaged when rival militias battled for control of Tripoli’s airport in mid July. Shelling and gunfire resulted in several aircraft being completely destroyed — including an Afriquiyah Airbus A330 and a Libyan Arab Bombardier CRJ00 — and others damaged […]
Air Libya has bought BAe 146-200 ZS-SOV (msn E2077) from South Africa’s Vulkan Air. The 146 had been operating for Air Libya since December 2011. She has been re-registered 5A-FLC. Air Libya also operates BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ (msn E3191) and Avro RJ100 5A-FLB (msn E3234) and is awaiting the delivery […]
The second Avro RJ100 for Air Libya was rolled out in the airline’s new colors at Lelystad on January 17. G-CEIH (msn E3232) had been ferried from Bacău on December 30. She then returned to Bacau for further work prior to delivery. Air Libya took delivery of its first RJ100, […]
