Libyan Air Cargo is an inactive

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based in

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Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

. It is the cargo division of

Libyan Airlines Libyan Airlines, formerly known as ''Libyan Arab Airlines'' over several decades, is the flag carrier of Libya. Based in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, it operates scheduled passenger and cargo services within Libya and to Europe, North Africa and t ...

, operating all-cargo services. Its main base is

Tripoli International Airport Tripoli International Airport () is a closed international airport built to serve Tripoli, the capital city of Libya. The airport is located in the area of Qasr bin Ghashir, from central Tripoli. It used to be the hub for Libyan Airlines, ...

. It serves destinations throughout

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, and

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History

Libyan Air Cargo Antonov An-124-100 Wallner 2007

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. In 2002, it became the first airline outside of

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and

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to operate the world's second-largest aircraft, the

Antonov An-124 The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (; ; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (USSR). The An-124 is the ...

Fleet

As of June 2019, the Libyan Air Cargo fleet consisted of the following aircraft. Since the

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most of them are grounded. * Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKL ''Susa'', built in 1992, ex-

Air Ukraine Air Ukraine ( ''Avialiniyi Ukrayiny'') was a state-owned airline from Ukraine, serving as flag carrier of the country from 1992 to 2002. Headquartered in Kyiv, Air Ukraine operated scheduled passenger and cargo flights mostly on domestic routes ...

. Returned to Antonov, in storage in Ukraine since 2009. In 2022 the aircraft was threatened by fighting at

Sviatoshyn Airfield Sviatoshyn Airfield ( Ukrainian Аеродром «Святошин»), formerly known as ''Svyatoshino'', is an industrial airfield in Kyiv, Ukraine, located 11 km northwest of city center. It is part of the Antonov Serial Production Plant ...

in the Battle of Kyiv, but was undamaged. * One

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-1 ...

5A-DRS

Previously operated

* One

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-320C, now retired *

Lockheed L-100 Hercules The Lockheed L-100 Hercules is the civilian variant of the prolific C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft made by the Lockheed Corporation. Its first flight occurred in 1964. Longer L-100-20 and L-100-30 versions were developed, despite thi ...

* Antonov An-124-100 5A-DKN ''Sabrata'', built in 1994, ex-

Volga-Dnepr Airlines Volga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC () is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It specializes in providing air charter services through all-cargo aircraft certified for global operations. Volga-Dnepr Airlines serves governmental and commercial organizat ...

. Destroyed during heavy fighting in

in June 2019.

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