Airlines resume flights to Beirut Airport as ceasefire holds

Following the ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Hezbollah militant organization in Lebanon in late November 2024, airlines are cautiously resuming international flights to the country’s primary air gateway at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY).  

According to reports in local media including The New Arab, several international airlines from Arabic countries have already resumed flights while others, including Western carriers, are taking a more cautious approach, and are holding off the resumption of regular air services for the time being.  

Lebanon is expecting to see a substantial return of scheduled international flights by the middle of December 2024 when airlines that withdrew services as a result of the latest upturn in hostilities between Israel and Lebanon return. Only the country’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines, has continued flights throughout the tensions, albeit on a reduced scale.       

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