The Greek airline Marathon Airlines started a non-stop connection between Athens and Benghazi on March 2, 2023. The Embraer 175LR with the registration SX-MTO was used.
Together with Air Mediterranean, non-stop flights between Greece and Libya are being offered for the first time in many years. The Greek ambassador working in the destination country will also be on board the first flight operated by Marathon Airlines. In a speech, he emphasized that the start of the flights is also an important contribution by Greece to the reconstruction of Benghazi.
« The inclusion of the Athens-Benghazi flight route is a clear indication of our country’s intention to maintain a longer presence throughout Libya, to cooperate with it and to support it as soon as the internal situation in Libya allows, » said the Ambassador. For the first time since February 12, 2023, a visa to enter Greece can be applied for at the Consulate General in Benghazi.
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