The foundation stone was laid at Mitiga airport for the construction of the new air traffic control tower project on Tuesday. The event was attended by Libyan officials as well as Italy’s ambassador to Tripoli.
As covered by Libya Herald, the project was won by Italian company Techno Sky (a subsidiary of ENAV) in March 2017. The multi-million Dinar contract was signed with Libya’s Civil Aviation Authority. The deal also covered the renovation of the airport.
In July 2016, ENAV had signed an agreement to upgrade and develop air navigation services. At the beginning of February 2017, officials from both ENAV and Italian civil aviation authority ENAC were in Tripoli to look at security at Mitiga and assess of what is needed in terms of training and equipment.
Techno Sky is specialist Italian company in the installation and maintenance of air traffic control technology and is a subsidiary of the Italian state-owned ENAV.
The Italian embassy commented on its twitter account on Tuesday’s foundation stone ceremony: ‘‘A new positive step in cooperation between Italy and Libya in the strategic area of transportation infrastructure’’.
