Coordination between east and west removes the need for aircraft transit permits — foreign aircraft still require clearances
Libya – The chief of staff of the air force in the western region, Major General Emhamed Seifaw Qujil, said a meeting of specialised air force chiefs of staff from the eastern and western regions in Sirte discussed ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination and improve performance in support of work within the military institution.
Training and development for technicians and pilots
Qujil said, in a press encounter in Sirte reported by the Libyan News Agency (LANA), that his meeting with the chief of staff of the air force in the eastern region, Major General Adel Al-Washah, covered training, cooperation and coordination, as well as raising the efficiency of technicians and pilots and developing aircraft technical capabilities.
One military institution
He said the meetings come within efforts to strengthen cooperation among components of the air force, stressing that work is taking place within a single military institution, and that talk of a separate air force in the east and another in the west no longer stands.
Unifying air control
Asked about the air-control system, Qujil said coordination procedures before 2024 had in some cases required obtaining a permit when aircraft moved between the eastern and western regions.
He added that coordination between air force leaderships had later developed, and that an agreement had been reached on unifying air control, with communication now taking place through navigational channels and operations rooms in both regions, allowing flight movements to be coordinated within a unified system.
Mandatory clearances for foreign aircraft
Qujil stressed that airspace across the country’s regions is now subject to a system of coordination and air control, noting that foreign aircraft entering Libyan airspace are required to obtain the necessary clearances under the applicable procedures.
