WeGo set to Modernize Public Transportation in #Lebanon, starting in Byblos

A breath of fresh air is reaching Byblos and Lebanon. WeGo, an enterprise founded by Connex, has started working on a regional - and later on hopefully a national - public transport service that is set to modernize the whole sector. 1 line will join Byblos and Beirut, while 7 others will link the central station to the following cities: Qartaba Aqoura Zebdine Tartij Bentael Jdayel Ghalboun That is a total of 360km covered, with…

Sunexpress airlines to link Beirut to 3 German cities starting this June

A joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, Sunexpress, a company based between Germany and Turkey, has taken over where broken Germania left off in February, compensating for the loss of direct flights made by the latter to Berlin and Hamburg. Starting this June, it will link Beirut to 3 German cities, at average prizes: Düsseldorf: beginning June 8, twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Stuttgart: beginning June 8, once a week on Saturdays.…
Lebanon

Pilot Amanda Harrison’s Challenge Brought to a Stop in #Beirut

4 years ago
Pilot Amanda Harrison was set to fly her 1942 Tiger Moth (DH82a) from the UK to Darwin in Australia, crossing over 9,260 nautical Miles and 23 countries in 30 days. The journey was aimed at ...
Opinions/critiques

Over 4,700 Lebanese are Emigrating from #Lebanon Every Month

4 years ago
A Beirut-based research consultancy firm published statistics for the year 2019 regarding the number of Lebanese leaving the country for good, and over 57,000 Lebanese are expected to leave the country by end of 2019, ...
Lebanon

Telecom Ministry to Launch a New Roaming Service

4 years ago
According to BusinessNews, The Ministry of Telecommunication (MoT) is set to launch a new roaming service with the Switzerland-based company Wonet, that will be priced at $25 per month and will allow Alfa and Touch ...
Critiques

You Can No Longer Issue a 1-Year Passport

4 years ago
The 2019 budget is almost finalized and Article 19, if passed, will drop the 1-year passport option and replace it with a 3-years passport option. Price-wise, the 1-year passport used to cost LL60,000 so a ...
Lebanon

Works For Beirut Airport Expansion To Be Completed By June

5 years ago
Since 2013, Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport had reached its capacity of 6 million passengers. As of 2018, this number has risen to approximately 9 million. Thus, urgent expansion works are underway in order to ...
Lebanon

Transavia Lyon-Beirut Route Officially Launched

5 years ago
Announced in October 2018, the new lane has launched last Saturday, April 13, linking Lyon, once a week on Saturday, to Beirut, starting at 79 € (one way, all taxes included). The plane takes off ...
Critiques

More Airport Humiliation For Incoming Passengers

5 years ago
As if we weren’t getting humiliated enough every time we decide to travel from and to Beirut’s airport, the latest measures implemented at the airport forbid any taxis, except authorized ones, from driving past the ...
Information

Boeing 737 MAX 8 Banned from Overflying Lebanese Airspace

5 years ago
Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes are being grounded all over the world after the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, and Lebanon followed suit yesterday when the Lebanese Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued a statement ...
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