Libya Arab Airlines to Order 25 new jets
Libyan airline company, Libyan Arab Airlines, has been holding talks with the four leading aircraft manufacturers in the world to beef up its fleet with some 25 new jet planes. The planes, according to industry sources who talked to PANA here on Wednesday, the jets, with a capacity range of 100 to 350 passengers, will be purchased alongside four cargo planes with a capacity of about 100 metric tonnes. The company, the sources added, expects to finalise the talks and sign the contract by mid December, and the first new aircraft could be delivered by mid April. The airlines said it had embarked on a programme to train and build the capacity of its personnel including pilots, engineers, technicians and other senior managers in order to face up to the challenges of competition. The company said it had also devised an ambitious plan to extend its service network to cover the majority of the African airspace, up to South Africa, most of the European cities, China, India, Pakistan, Japan, the Philippines, Canada and the US.This would be a substantial order should it materialize. Cheers, W