Greece Aegean Airlines Suspends All Flights to Beirut

Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines has announced today that it will be suspending all flights to Beirut after a hole was discovered in the hull of a Greek airliner before taking off from Beirut. Minister of Public Works & Transport denied reports that the plane was shot at, and stated that an investigation is underway to discover the reason behind the damage. Aegean is expected to give an update in the coming weeks.

Lebanon Dropped from Abu Dhabi’s “Green List”

Abu Dhabi has officially dropped several countries from its "Green List" which now includes 71 countries. Among the countries dropped are the UK, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Russia and Lebanon. All travelers arriving from the green list destinations are exempt from mandatory quarantine measures after landing in Abu Dhabi, while those outside that list have to take an RT-PCR test on arrival, quarantine for 10 days and take another PCR test on Day 9. What is…
Lebanon

Emirates To Offer Extra Baggage Allowance For Returning Lebanese Travellers

2 years ago
Emirates Airlines will be offering an additional 10kg of baggage on trips from the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Australia back to Beirut and an additional piece of luggage totaling 23kg for Emirates customers ...
Lebanon

MEA Might Start Accepting “Fresh” Dollars Only

3 years ago
MEA Chairman told Reuters yesterday that “if MEA wants to ensure its stability, we will reach a time when we will need to have sales in ‘fresh dollars’, which means that very few people will ...
Lebanon

Low-cost German Airline Eurowings to Launch Direct flights to Beirut from Berlin, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf

3 years ago
Under the label “families and homeland visits”, cheap German airline and Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has decided to expand its flights and connect 3 new German cities to Beirut. They will be served as follows: 1- ...
BeirutBlast

France to offer Lebanese students joining its territory this year 500 euros of aid

3 years ago
In a not very surprising – given the French President Macron’s latest promises to help Lebanese students in France – yet very welcome initiative given the current economic crisis that is plaguing the country, Campus ...
Information

You Can Bring in Up to 15K in Cash Through Beirut’s Airport

3 years ago
Following the airport’s reopening on July 1st, rumors spread that any amounts over $2000 were being confiscated from passengers. The Lebanese Customs issued a statement today clarifying that all passengers can carry up to $15,000 ...
Travel

Lebanese Cannot Travel to Cyprus As of July 6th

3 years ago
The below is an announcement shared yesterday by the Cyprus Embassy in Lebanon: Dear all, we are very sorry to announce that following today’s decision of the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus regarding ...
Lebanon

Beirut Airport Could Open by June 21

3 years ago
Beirut’s Airport was expected to open by June 8 as part of the government’s de-confinement plan but it looks like the decision will be pushed towards the end of June instead. Public Works Minister hinted ...
Lebanon

Beirut-Paris Flights To Resume on June 12

3 years ago
The DailyStar reported on Tuesday that Air France will resume its flights to and from Beirut on June 12. There will be two flights to and from the Lebanese capital every Friday and Sunday. Beirut ...
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