Ghadames Air (IATA: NJ, ICAO:GMS) is a Libyan airline based at Mitiga International Airport.[2]
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| Founded | 2004; 2022 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2020 | ||||||
| Hubs | Tripoli | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Website | https://ghadamesairlines.com | ||||||
Transporting illegal migrants
editIn July 2024, the commercial director of Ghadames Air was arrested by Libyan police. The airline was being accused of transporting hundreds of illegal migrants to Nicaragua, then these migrants head north to the USA.[3] Earlier that year, the airlines had several Boeing 777-200 flights departed from Libya to Maragua with about 400 passenger onboard.[4][5]
Destinations
editGhadames Air, a rebranding of Ghadames Air Transport, resumed flights in spring 2022,[6] after a hiatus of several years.[7]
It serves the following scheduled destinations:
- Istanbul - Istanbul Airport[8]
- Tripoli - Mitiga International Airport base
- Tunis - Tunis Carthage Airport[9]
Boeing 737 of Ghadames Air at Tunis-Carthage's airport, Feb 2023
Fleet
editFollowing the loss of its Air Operator's Certificate in 2020,[10] Ghadames air transport sold its two derelict Airbus A320-200 and its Fokker 100 and the rebranded company bought two second-hand Boeing 737-300.[11] As of 2023, the Ghadames Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[12]
- 2 Boeing 737-300
References
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- ^ "Libyan airline director arrested for smuggling migrants to the United States". La Croix International. 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "A second plane from Libya with a capacity for 400 passengers lands in Managua". La Prensani.com. 2024-05-23. Archived from the original on 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Benghazi, Libya's new hub for illegal immigration to the US". lemonde.fr. 2024-06-03. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ Zaptia, Sami (2022-02-23). "Ghadames Air to resume flights in March". LibyaHerald. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "Libya's Ghadames Air Transport set to resume operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (3 June 2020). "COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION EU 2020/736 of 2 June 2020 amending Regulation No 474/2006 as regards the list of air carriers banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the Union Air carriers from Libya". Official Journal of the European Union. L 172/15: 9.
- ^ "Fleet age Ghadames Air Transport | Airfleets aviation". www.airfleets.net. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 20.
