- Reuters/Reuters - The logos of German airline Lufthansa and Austrian airlines are pictured at Vienna's airport May 12, 2009. REUTERS/ Dominic Ebenbichler
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have halted flights to Tripoli due to insecurity in Libya, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Lufthansa, which flew three times a week to Tripoli, resumed flights to the Libyan capital in February 2012 after rebels ousted former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Austrian, bought by Lufthansa in 2009, flew to Tripoli twice a week.
"We have taken the
decision given the developments in Tripoli and the tense situation in
the region," the Lufthansa spokeswoman said.
It was the second time this year that flights to a Libyan city have been canceled due to security concerns.
Air Malta
said it had canceled flights to Benghazi last month after Britain said
it was aware of a "specific and imminent" threat to Westerners in the
eastern Libyan city. The company resumed its flights to the city four
days later.
Libyans are calling
for demonstrations to commemorate the second anniversary of the start
of the uprising that overthrew Gaddafi's government and security has
been stepped up at international embassies and companies.
Protests planned
for February 15 will be a test for Libyan authorities which have failed
to rein in a myriad of heavily armed militias which have refused to join
the police and army after end of the war.
(Additional reporting by Hadeel Al Shalchi in Tripoli; Editing by Jon Hemming)
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