Tripoli Mitiga International Airport suspended its flights on Sunday after it had been struck by missiles.
The airstrike injured three employees from the African Airlines and destroyed one of its planes. No one has claimed its responsibility for the attack.
Air traffic at Mitiga has been suspended several times in recent months, as forces loyal to the Tripoli-based government battle against fighters backing eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive on the capital in early April.
Mitiga sits on a former military base on the city’s outskirts and was opened to civilian air traffic after Tripoli International Airport was severely damaged in fighting during 2014.
Only Libyan Airlines fly within the country, operating internal flights and regular connections to foreign destinations including Tunisia and Turkey.
In mid-June, flights were suspended at Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport after its perimeter was struck by three mortar shells, but were resumed later.
Initial investigations attributed the June shelling to the Somoud Brigade led by Misrata’s hardliner, Salah Badi, and Rahbat Al Drou Brigade as they press for the release of their colleagues imprisoned by the Special Deterrence Forces (Rada).
