Ghadames Air Transport Explained

Ghadames Air (IATA: NJ, ICAO:GMS) is a Libyan airline based at Mitiga International Airport.^[2]

Transporting illegal migrants

In 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

Ghadames 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]

Fleet

Following 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-29 . 2016-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316135212/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Ghadames-Air-. dead .
2. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/0G ch-aviation.com - Ghadames Air
3. News: 2024-07-18 . Libyan airline director arrested for smuggling migrants to the United States . 2024-12-01 . La Croix International . en.
4. News: 2024-05-23 . A second plane from Libya with a capacity for 400 passengers lands in Managua . 2024-12-01 . La Prensani.com . en . 2024-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240622184007/https://www.laprensani.com/2024/05/23/english/3323368-a-second-plane-from-libya-with-a-capacity-for-400-passengers-lands-in-managua . live .
5. News: 2024-06-03 . Benghazi, Libya's new hub for illegal immigration to the US . 2024-12-01 . lemonde.fr . en . 2024-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240904203517/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/06/03/benghazi-libya-s-new-hub-for-illegal-immigration-to-the-us_6673549_124.html . live .
6. Web site: Zaptia . Sami . 2022-02-23 . Ghadames Air to resume flights in March . 2023-02-24 . LibyaHerald . en-US.
7. Web site: Libya's Ghadames Air Transport set to resume operations . 2023-02-24 . ch-aviation . en.
8. Web site: Flightradar24 . Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map . 2023-02-24 . Flightradar24 . en.
9. Web site: Flightradar24 . Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map . 2023-02-24 . Flightradar24 . en.
10. 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.
11. Web site: Fleet age Ghadames Air Transport Airfleets aviation . 2023-02-24 . www.airfleets.net . en.
12. Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2016. 20.