Afriqiyah Airways (8U, Tripoli Mitiga) management have held preliminary talks with their counterparts in Senegal Airlines (Dakar Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International) regarding a possible Libyan investment into the struggling Senegalese airline.

Libyan Deputy Prime Minister of Technical Affairs, Abdul Salam Algadi, told Senegalese Television that Afriqiyah could make generous resources available to the Senegalese carrier in the near future.

"We are aware of the difficulties facing the Senegalese airline. We just want to assure you of our support for the re-launch of Senegal Airlines, in a win-win partnership," he said, adding that "Senegal will soon have a competitive airline."

As frequently reported by ch-aviation, Senegal Airlines is faced with a bleak future having recently returned its last of three A320s to lessor, CIT Aerospace. As it currently stands, operations still continue though using a B737-300 and a CRJ200 wet-leased from Eastern SkyJets (Dubai International) and CemAir (5Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) respectively.

For its part, the Libyan carrier has been looking to re-establish its sub-Saharan African network, abandoned following the overthrow of Muammur Gaddhafi's regime in 2011.