Italy's flag carrier ITA Airways on Sunday announced it had launched its first commercial flight between Tripoli's Mitiga airport and Rome's Fiumicino, with flights scheduled for twice a week.

Libya’s Minister of Transport in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, has met with a delegation from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority, led by Director General Fabio Nicolai, to discuss technical cooperation between the two sides.

Despite a spate of tragedies involving informal migrants, young men from Pakistan and elsewhere continue to make the