Libya taps Qatar for Tripoli Airport project: Libya’s Transport Ministry and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) have inked an MoU with Qatar’s UCC Holdings’ UrbaCon Trading and Contracting company to conduct feasibility studies to establish a different financing model for the first terminal at Tripoli International Airport, Libya Herald reported. No timeline or investment ticket has been disclosed.

Switching sides? Italy’s Aeneas Consortium was awarded the contract to revamp the airport back in 2017, but Libya’s lack of funds brought the construction and partnership to a halt. The project has been transferred to a Libyan firm — deploying a new investment-based approach to help implement and finance the project.

Strengthening partnerships: Qatar and Libya inked an updated air services agreement in April 2024, as well as a bilateral MoU, allowing the two countries’ national carriers to operate an unlimited number of weekly passenger and cargo flights per week. The agreement was later updated in January 2025, according to a statement published last month.

About Tripoli International Airport: The airport is located south of Libya’s capital Tripoli in the Qasr bin Gashir region, Turkey Today reported in April 2024. An MoU was inked between Libya’s authorities and Turkey’s Terminal Yapi and IRG International Group to restore, operate and carry out infrastructure works on the airport, according to a government statement.

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