Chapman Freeborn teams with Air Libya for AN-26 operation

Charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has formed what it describes as an exclusive partnership with Air Libya to place and operationally manage an Antonov AN-26 aircraft in Libya.

The 5.5 tonne-payload aircraft is available for ad hoc cargo charter requirements within Libya as well as for international flights . It is based at Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport. .
There are plans to use the aircraft to operate internal scheduled services to connect Tripoli and Benghazi with Libya’s more remote airfields, including regular operations to the oil fields in the south of the country.
Project manager Paul Drew said: "The venture will provide much needed logistics solutions in a country where few international aviation companies are currently willing to invest in establishing services. It will also provide a viable alternative to sea freight routes to and from Europe which have been subject to high rates,"