{"id":254177,"date":"2025-07-07T00:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=254177"},"modified":"2025-07-09T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:25:12","slug":"exclusive-chairman-of-afriqiyah-airways-we-face-a-massive-financial-burden-with-an-annual-obligation-of-130-million-lyd-progress-made-in-operations-and-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/exclusive-chairman-of-afriqiyah-airways-we-face-a-massive-financial-burden-with-an-annual-obligation-of-130-million-lyd-progress-made-in-operations-and-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Chairman of Afriqiyah Airways: &#8220;We Face a Massive Financial Burden with an Annual Obligation of 130 Million LYD\u2026 Progress Made in Operations and Maintenance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chairman of the Board of Afriqiyah Airways, <strong>Ahmed Al-Turki<\/strong>, told our source that despite the airline\u2019s heavy financial obligations, there has been significant progress in operations and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Turki confirmed important updates in operational matters that signal a partial breakthrough amid the financial challenges facing the company. He noted that <strong>Istanbul Station is set to resume operations by the end of July<\/strong>, as part of a plan to reactivate key flight routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the <strong>A330 aircraft<\/strong>, Al-Turki explained that full funding has been allocated for its maintenance, and it is expected to return to service within 15 days, as part of a broader plan involving several aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the airline\u2019s management recently received <strong>official promises from the Libyan government<\/strong> to settle outstanding debts related to aircraft maintenance, which will help improve fleet readiness in the coming period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On insurance, Al-Turki noted that the company is <strong>temporarily contracted with an alternative insurance provider<\/strong> while awaiting a final settlement with <strong>Libya Insurance Company<\/strong>, to which Afriqiyah had already paid <strong>75 million LYD up to the end of 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that the airline is <strong>burdened by a significant financial load<\/strong>, specifically an <strong>annual obligation of 130 million LYD<\/strong>, used to cover old debts accumulated over the years, creating ongoing pressure on the general budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Turki concluded by saying that the company continues to <strong>fulfill its national duty despite all challenges<\/strong>, calling on the relevant authorities to urgently provide real and sustainable support to ensure the continuity of Afriqiyah Airways as a <strong>national carrier serving all Libyans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Board of Afriqiyah Airways, Ahmed Al-Turki, told our source that despite the airline\u2019s heavy financial obligations, there has been significant progress in operations and maintenance. Al-Turki confirmed important updates in operational matters that signal a partial breakthrough amid the financial challenges facing the company. He noted that Istanbul Station is set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":254178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1005,613],"class_list":["post-254177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-afriqiyah-airways","tag-libya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254179,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254177\/revisions\/254179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}