Libyan Arab Air Cargo

Libyan Air Cargo

IATA ICAO Call sign - LCR LIBAC
Founded	1979
Fleet size	3
Headquarters	Tripoli, Libya

Libyan Air Cargo was a cargo airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It was the cargo division of Libyan Airlines, operating all-cargo services. Its main base was Tripoli International Airport. ^[1] It served destinations throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia.

As of January 2026, the airline's current status is listed as "Out of Business". ^[2]

History

Antonov An-124 of LAC at Zurich International Airport in 2007

The airline was established in 1979 as United African Airlines and rebranded Jamahiriya Air Transport in 1982. It was merged into Libyan Air Cargo in 1993. ^{[3] [1]} In 2002, it became the first airline outside of Russia and Ukraine to operate the world's second-largest aircraft, the Antonov An-124. ^[4]

Fleet

As of June 2019, the Libyan Air Cargo fleet consisted of the following aircraft. Since the revolution most of them are grounded. ^{[5] [6]}

• Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKL Susa, built in 1992, ex-Air Ukraine. Returned to Antonov, in storage in Ukraine since 2009. ^[6] In 2022 the aircraft was threatened by fighting at Sviatoshyn Airfield in the Battle of Kyiv, but as of 3 March 2022 ^[update] was undamaged. ^[7]
• One Ilyushin Il-76 5A-DRS

Previously operated

• One Boeing 707-320C, now retired ^[8]
• Lockheed L-100 Hercules
• Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKN Sabrata, built in 1994, ex-Volga-Dnepr Airlines. Destroyed during heavy fighting in Tripoli in June 2019. ^{[9] [6]}

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-03. p. 105.
2. "Libyan Air Cargo on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
3. "United African Airlines". Aviation History. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
4. "UIB Market Update". 2002-07-19. Retrieved 2006-03-17.
5. "Libyan Arab Air Cargo (ATDB)". Aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
6. Mitzer, Stijn; Oliemans, Joost (January 21, 2021). "Giants of the Skies – The An-124 in Libyan Service". Oryx.
7. "Tripoli's last Antonov heavy cargo aircraft at risk in Kyiv" . Africa Intelligence. Indigo Publications. 3 March 2022.
8. "Where are they now? Boeing 707". 2005-11-17. Archived from the original on January 13, 2006. Retrieved 2006-03-17.
9. "Libyan Air Cargo An-124 destroyed during fighting in Tripoli". ch-aviation.

External links

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