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Libyan Arab Air Cargo

Libyan Air Cargo was a cargo airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It was the cargo division of Libyan Airlines, operating all-cargo services. Its main base was Tripoli International Airport.[1] It served destinations throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia.

As of January 2026, the airline's current status is listed as "Out of Business".[2]

History

The airline was established in 1979 as United African Airlines and rebranded Jamahiriya Air Transport in 1982. It was merged into Libyan Air Cargo in 1993.[3][1] In 2002, it became the first airline outside of Russia and Ukraine to operate the world's second-largest aircraft, the Antonov An-124.[4]

Fleet

As of June 2019, the Libyan Air Cargo fleet consisted of the following aircraft. Since the Libyan Revolution most of them are grounded.[5][6]

  • Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKL Susa, built in 1992, ex-Air Ukraine. Returned to Antonov, in storage in Ukraine since 2009.[6] In 2022 the aircraft was threatened by fighting at Sviatoshyn Airfield in the Battle of Kyiv, but as of 3 March 2022 was undamaged.[7]
  • Ilyushin Il-76 5A-DRS

Previously operated

  • One Boeing 707-320C, now retired[8]
  • Lockheed L-100 Hercules
  • Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKN Sabrata, built in 1994, ex-Volga-Dnepr Airlines. Destroyed during Libyan Civil War as a result of heavy fighting in Tripoli in June 2019.[9][6]
  • Several Ilyushin Il-76, including 5A-DNK and 5A-DNG (Jamahiria Air Transport). 5A-DNG destroyed during "Operation Libya Dawn" in July 2014.

External links

References

  1. Directory: World Airlines Flight International, 2007-04-03^
  2. Libyan Air Cargo on ch-aviation ch-aviation, retrieved 2026-01-28^
  3. United African Airlines Aviation History, retrieved 24 March 2022^
  4. UIB Market Update 2002-07-19, retrieved 2006-03-17^
  5. Libyan Arab Air Cargo (ATDB) Aerotransport.org, retrieved 2014-03-03^
  6. Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans. Giants of the Skies – The An-124 in Libyan Service Oryx, January 21, 2021^
  7. Tripoli's last Antonov heavy cargo aircraft at risk in Kyiv Africa Intelligence, Indigo Publications, 3 March 2022^
  8. Where are they now? Boeing 707 2005-11-17, retrieved 2006-03-17^
  9. Libyan Air Cargo An-124 destroyed during fighting in Tripoli ch-aviation^