NATIONAL carrier Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA) said on Wednesday it is examining steps to resume international flights after the United Nations suspended a seven-year air embargo on Tripoli. “Technical committees will be set up to examine putting Libyan planes back into service,” LAA president Mohammad Abssim told reporters in Cairo, where two of LAA’s 12 planes have been parked since the embargo was imposed in 1992. Abssim arrived in Cairo overnight on Tuesday as part of a tour of Arab capitals to discuss “preparations” for LAA’s return to international skies, although no date has yet been announced. The sanctions banned international flights to and from Libya, as well as the delivery of planes or spare parts. Domestic flights were permitted. The sanctions cost LAA $3-billion in lost business and its fleet has suffered from inadequate maintenance, the head of the airline’s Cairo office, Abdel Latif Ali, said on Monday. He said 10 planes flew domestic flights in the last seven years.