Dhaka, Sept. 10 -- Turkiye's flag carrier Turkish Airlines' scheduled flights to Misrata, Libya's third largest city, resumed Tuesday (Sep 9) after a 10-year hiatus.

The flights, which were suspended in 2015 due to civil unrest in the country, resumed from Istanbul Airport.

Scheduled flights will be operated three days a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Passengers will be able to travel from Istanbul to Misrata until Nov. 30 with tickets purchased by Sept. 9 starting from $349 and from Misrata to Istanbul starting from $249.

Turkiye's Ambassador to Tripoli Guven Begec, Libyan Transport Minister Muhammad Al-Shahoubi, Turkish Airlines Sales President Mahmut Yayla, and several other officials attended the ceremony held for the...