Originally Posted by
Ascoteer
And where are you getting this info from?
Ignore this guy; having been a few times in the last year I'd suggest that for Tripoli you need security and a trip-specific risk assessment, the geo-political and military landscape changes too quickly for a one size fits all answer.
And where are you going to get your "trip-specific risk assessment" from? The FCO or US State Department desk jockeys lol? Their advice is tailored to ground movements and is well sourced for that, but they have no idea at all about aviation movement or risk.
The one constant is that airports tend to be heavily prized and defended, and so are stable. They are not generally areas of random skirmishes. Flying in and out of places like Tripoli, Tobruk is not entirely without risk, but plenty of civvy chaps who need the money are doing it on a regular basis.
(I think Ascoteer may be a military chap - they have different risk assessments though as they have pensions and stuff like that to worry about!)