Afriqiyah Airways

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Afriqiyah Airways
الخطوط الجوية الأفريقية
Afriqiyah Airways logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
8UAAWAFRIQIYAH
Founded2001
Hubs
Frequent-flyer program Rahal
Fleet size14
Destinations14
Parent company Libyan African Aviation Holding Co.
(Government of Libya)
Headquarters Tripoli, Libya
Key peopleMosbah Fadal (General Manager)
Website afriqiyah.aero

Afriqiyah Airways is a Libyan airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It was established in 2001 and operates both domestic and international flights. The airline's main hub is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), and it serves a wide range of destinations across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

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Afriqiyah Airways operates a fleet primarily consisting of Airbus aircraft, including the A320, A319, and A330 models. These planes are used for both short-haul and long-haul flights.

The airline offers various services and amenities to its passengers, including in-flight entertainment, onboard dining, and a loyalty program called "Afriqiyah Club,".

Over the years, Afriqiyah Airways has faced some operational challenges due to political instability in Libya. However, it has strived to maintain its operations and expand its network to serve travelers from and to Libya.[ citation needed ]

History

Establishment and growth: 2001-2011

Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A319-100 bearing the airline's former livery Airbus A319-111, Afriqiyah Airways AN1409029.jpg
Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A319-100 bearing the airline's former livery

Afriqiyah Airways was established in April 2001 and commenced scheduled services on 1 December 2001. The name Afriqiyah comes from the Arabic word for African. [1] It is wholly owned by the Libyan government and has 287 employees (at March 2007). [2] The airline started with Boeing 737-400 aircraft, but in 2003, an all-Airbus fleet was introduced. [3] The Italian airline Blue Panorama jointly set up the airline with the Libyan government. [4] Afriqiyah Airways is one of the few airlines which does not serve alcoholic beverages on its flights. [5]

The airline generated US$120 million in revenue in 2006. [6]

Afriqiyah Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of six Airbus A320s and three Airbus A319s plus an option on five, as well as for three Airbus A330-200s, with an option for three. [7]

The new A320s and A319s entered service on Afriqiyah's growing international network, covering routes from its base at Tripoli to seventeen destinations in North, West, and Central Africa and the Middle East, as well as to European destinations such as Paris, Brussels, London, Rome, and Amsterdam. Afriqiyah's A319s carry 124 passengers in a two-class configuration, [8] while the A320 seats 144 in two class configurations (J16/Y128). The A330s serve the long-distance operations on routes to Southern Africa, Asia and Europe, and have a two-class configuration with 230 seats (J30/Y200). As of 2015 the airline no longer flies to some of these destinations anymore.

On 20 August 2009, an Air Afriqiyah aircraft (registration 5A-IAY) - the private aircraft of Colonel Gaddafi - flew to Glasgow Airport to collect Abelbasset al-Megrahi (who had been convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and released on compassionate grounds by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government). He was flown directly from Glasgow to Tripoli. [9]

Three A330s that were delivered in 2009 were used to inaugurate new routes to Dhaka, Johannesburg and Kinshasa. [10] In the winter 2010, two new routes were added to the airline's network - Beijing and Nouakchott. [11]

In mid-October 2010, Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines (Libya's other state flag carrier) were expected to merge into one airline, [12] and, although postponed, the merger is still planned. [13] [14]

Suspended operations: 2011

As a consequence of the First Libyan Civil War and the resulting no-fly zone over the country enforced by NATO, in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, all flight operations by Afriqiyah Airways were terminated on 17 March 2011. [15]

Point 17 of the United Nations resolution specifically banned flights into members of the United Nations by aircraft registered in Libya (5A). This was to have been rescinded when Afriqiyah Airways was officially 'unsanctioned' on 22 September 2011, when Libyan-registered aircraft should have been again permitted to enter EU airspace. This did not happen and up to 5 March 2013 however no such easing had been announced and Libyan-registered aircraft are still banned from Europe, even overflying through the airspace. The Tripoli - Istanbul route has to route further east, via over Alexandria, which adds an hour each way to the sector time. [16] Afriqiyah Airways announced that they expected to resume flights between Tripoli and London by the end of the year, subject to the issuance of air transport and security permits, using A320 equipment. However, flights did not resume until 3 July 2012. In order to get round the EU ban, Afriqiyah wet-leased an A320 (ER-AXP) from Air Moldova that complied with the EU requirements. [17]

Rebuilding post-war services: 2012 onwards

Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320-200 painted in the current livery Afriqiyah airways airplane.jpg
Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320-200 painted in the current livery

After suffering badly during the civil war, Afriqiyah Airways expressed renewed optimism in the future on 12 November 2012 when it increased its order for Airbus A350 aircraft, announcing a new firm order for four A350-900s, and converting its original order for six A350-800s to six of the larger A350-900 model, taking the total number of A350s on order to 10 A350-900s. [18] Deliveries were scheduled to start in 2020, and the airline planned to deploy the aircraft on new routes to the United States, the Middle East and Asia. [18]

On 19 December 2012, the airline unveiled its new livery, featuring a white fuselage and black tail fin adorned with three blue stripes, representing the neck markings of the turtle dove. The design replaced the former 9.9.99 tail fin logo.

The airline's hub, Tripoli International Airport, was shut down on 13 July 2014 and remains closed to all passenger and cargo flights as of July 2020. Afriqiyah Airways instead currently operates a small route network out of Mitiga International Airport. [19]

Destinations

These are the current and former destinations of Afriqiyah Airlines:

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Algeria Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport Terminated
Annaba Rabah Bitat Airport Terminated
Oran Ahmed Ben Bella Airport Terminated
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated
Bahrain Manama Bahrain International Airport Terminated
Bangladesh Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Terminated
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated
Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport Terminated
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou Terminated
Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport Terminated
Central African Republic Bangui Bangui M'Poko International Airport Terminated
Chad N'Djamena N'Djamena International Airport
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport Terminated
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Terminated
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport Terminated
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport
Alexandria Borg El Arab International Airport
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Terminated
France Marseille Marseille Provence Airport Terminated
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminated
Gambia Banjul Banjul International Airport Terminated
Germany Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport Terminated
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Terminated
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport Terminated
Greece Athens Athens International Airport Terminated
Hungary Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Terminated
Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Terminated
Iran Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Terminated
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Terminated
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Terminated
Ivory Coast Abidjan Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport Terminated
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport Terminated
Libya Benghazi Benina International Airport
Bani Walid Bani Walid Airport Terminated
Bayda Al Abraq International Airport
Brak Brak Airport
Ghadames Ghadames Airport
Ghat Ghat Airport
Hun Hun Airport Terminated
Kufra Kufra Airport
Misrata Misrata Airport
Sabha Sabha Airport
Sirte Gardabya Airport Terminated
Tobruk Tobruk Airport
Tripoli Mitiga International Airport
Tripoli International Airport Terminated
Ubari Ubari Airport
Waddan Waddan Airport Terminated
Zintan Alzintan Airport Terminated
Zuwarah Zuwarah Airport Terminated
Mali Bamako Modibo Keita International Airport
Malta Valletta Malta International Airport Terminated
Mauritania Nouakchott Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport Terminated
Morocco Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport Terminated
Rabat Rabat–Salé Airport Terminated
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminated
Niger Niamey Diori Hamani International Airport
Nigeria Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminated
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport Terminated
Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminated
Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Airport Terminated
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport Terminated
Russia Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Terminated
Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport Terminated
Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Seasonal
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport Terminated
Senegal Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Terminated
South Africa Cape Town Cape Town International Airport Terminated
Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated
Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Terminated
Madrid Madrid–Barajas Airport Terminated
Sudan Khartoum Khartoum International Airport Terminated
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport Terminated
Syria Damascus Damascus International Airport Terminated
Togo Lomé Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport Terminated
Tunisia Sfax Sfax–Thyna International Airport
Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Turkey Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport Terminated
Istanbul Istanbul Airport
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminated
Dubai Dubai International Airport Terminated
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Terminated
Manchester Manchester Airport Terminated
Yemen Aden Aden International Airport Terminated
Sanaa Sanaa International Airport Terminated

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Afriqiyah Airways is a subsidiary of the Libyan African Aviation Holding Company (LAAHC), itself owned by the Libyan National Social Fund, the Libyan National Investment Company, the Libya-Africa Investment Fund and the Libyan Foreign Investment Company; the airline is ultimately owned by the Libyan government. [18] LAAHC is also the holding company for Libyan Airlines; although separate operations, a merger of the two carriers had been progressing slowly, though completion of the merger, expected in the first half of 2013 appear to have repeatedly been delayed, [18] and in June 2014 it was reported that the merger was "not currently being worked on". [20]

Corporate identity

The original logo is a reference to the Sirte Declaration. Afriqiyah Logo.png
The original logo is a reference to the Sirte Declaration.

The Gaddafi-era 9.9.99 logo on the side of Afriqiyah's aircraft referred to the date of the Sirte Declaration, signed on 9 September 1999. [1] [21] The declaration marked the formation of the African Union. On Muammar Gaddafi's orders, the date was placed on the fuselage of all of the aircraft when the airline was founded. Tom Little of the Libya Herald said "Gaddafi saw the declaration as one of his proudest achievements". [22]

In 2012, the airline decided to use new branding to replace the previous one's association with Gaddafi. Saeed Al-Barouni, In-Flight Services and Catering Manager, created a new logo that was selected from a pool of sixty proposals. The logo, made up of three blue stripes, is based on the neck markings of turtle doves. The new branding was unveiled on 19 December 2012 at the Rixos Al Nasr Hotel in Tripoli. [22]

Scant management data for Afriqiyah Airways have been published, even before the civil war of 2011. Mainly based on statements by airline or government officials, or AFRAA reports, trends for recent years are shown below (for years ending 31 December):

200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Turnover (LDm)180183184195205
Turnover (US$m)124130135138140145163
Net profit (LDm)
Net profit (US$m)
Number of employeesc. 287c. 835c.1,080c.1,300c.1,463c.1,635c.1,8801,086
Number of passengers (m)0.70.91.42.30.40.81.20.5
Passenger load factor (%)n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a76
Number of aircraft (at year end)12615
Notes/sources [2] [23]
[24] 		Civil war
March→		 [25] [26] [27] [28]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of December 2023, the Afriqiyah Airways fleet consists of an all-Airbus fleet made up of the following aircraft: [29] [30]

Afriqiyah Airways fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
BETotal
Airbus A319-100 1—1696112
Airbus A320-200 5—16126142
Airbus A330-300 2—28263291
Total8

Historical fleet

Accidents and incidents

5A-ONG, the Airbus A330-200 involved in the crash of Flight 771. Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330.jpg
5A-ONG, the Airbus A330-200 involved in the crash of Flight 771.

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