The Italian carrier has announced its summer timetable, which includes increased frequencies between Rome and the Libyan capital.

A group of transport officials has toured Tripoli to survey traffic congestion, which has become noticeably worse since 2011, and promised to take various measures to improve the situation.

Libya's transport minister promises that work on airports and ports will resume imminently, while the committee also discussed the relaunch of Libya's domestic football league. 

Local representatives and officials from the transport authorities have met to discuss plans for a potential new airport in the southern town of Murzuq.

Various local officials have met to discuss undertaking further work at Sirte International Airport in order to resume domestic flights.

Libya's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published its official report into the 2010 Afriqiyah Airways crash in Tripoli, concluding that the accident was caused by pilot error. 

A group of employees at the Tripoli branch of the Socialist Ports Company, the state-owned body which runs Libya's ports, have held a protest to demand that senior management be replaced.

In the latest sign that work may resume on Libya's rail network, Abdelkader Mohamed al-Ayib says he plans to meet representatives of the Chinese firm contracted to build part of the line.

In a series of recent announcements, Abdelkader Mohamed al-Ayib has pledged to improve and expand several ports, plus carry out maintenance on the main road between Tripoli and the Tunisian border.

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) has asked its transport committee to select a new chairman and vice-chairman for the government authority tasked with developing the new rail network.

Cairo-based Ghabbour Auto says it will start selling Geely cars and Great Wall pick-up trucks in Libya later this year, in partnership with a local company.

The two airlines were set to resume their Libya routes on 20 February after suspending services during the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising, but have reportedly been denied landing rights.

The French car manufacturer has reportedly signed an agreement to distribute its passenger vehicles in Libya for the first time, and plans to open a showroom in Tripoli before the end of the year.

The airport will be able to receive international flights as normal, says the civil aviation authority, amending an earlier decision to restrict international traffic to Tripoli and Benghazi between 14-18 February.

The interior ministry says that international air traffic will only be permitted at Tripoli and Benghazi airports between 13 and 18 February as part of security measures implemented during the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising.