A Libyan government aircraft lease dispute briefly (and bizarrely) touches down in Ireland

“Ireland could hardly be the natural or logical forum for a dispute between two Libyan entities, about a plane in Ukraine,” Justice David Nolan notes near the end of a recent High Court judgment. Not just any plane, an Antonov AN124/100 aircraft, one of the largest heavy-lift cargo planes in the world, designed in Kyiv, in the Soviet Union of the 1980s. The plane was sent to Antonov for servicing in 2010. It was grounded there when civil war broke out in Libya, and for many years after the 2011 execution of Muammar Gaddafi and the collapse of the Libyan state.… Unlock full access to The Currency and The Wall Street Journal with an Annual membership and receive a free Samsonite suitcase – worth €235 delivered to your door. Subscribe Cancel at any time. Are you already a member? .

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