TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The German airline Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have halted flights to Libya indefinitely after a bomb exploded at Tripoli's international airport two weeks ago, a Lufthansa spokesman said on Monday.
A spokeswoman for Italy's Alitalia said the airline had suspended its flights until April 15, after which the situation would be reviewed.
In March, a bomb exploded on the main runway at Tripoli, highlighting the deteriorating security situation in the North African country.
Lufthansa, Austrian, British Airways and Alitalia suspended flights then and had left open whether or when operations would resume.
"We've decided to suspend flights to Tripoli indefinitely due to security and operational reasons," said a Lufthansa spokesman.
Libyan carriers are banned from flying to the European Union for security reasons. They have to rent a plane and crew from an airline allowed to fly into the region.
Libya's government seems unable to control militias who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and have recently seized government facilities at will to make financial and political demands.
(Reporting by Ulf Laessing and Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Andrew Roche)