Libya Airlines Cut Operations 70% After Damage to Planes

Libya’s state-owned airlines have cut operations by 70 percent after damage and destruction of planes from shelling at the country’s main Tripoli Airport as rival militia battled for control.

Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways still have some planes in Misrata, Tubruk and Al Abraq and are operating from those sites on a “small scale” to serve passengers stuck at other airports, Ali Elayan, general manager of Libyan African Aviation Holding Co., the two carriers’ owner, said in a phone interview.