by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 4, 2013 | Transportation
Royal Jordanian has decided to avoid Syrian airspace altogether due to security concerns: Jordan’s national carrier Royal Jordanian has stopped flying over Syrian airspace for security reasons, the airline’s head said on Sunday. […] The airline, a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 24, 2012 | Transportation
Detroit Metro Airport is courting airlines to establish direct routes between Detroit and the Middle East after the failed 2010 attempt to establish direct flights to Beirut: Officials at a Detroit airport are urging international airlines to launch nonstop flights...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 28, 2012 | Transportation
Kenya Airways has announced plans to start flights to Beirut in the fourth quarter this year in order to capitalize on the 150,000+ strong Lebanese community in Africa: In addition to Kenya Airways’ goal to serve every city on the African continent by 2014, which is...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 14, 2011 | Transportation
The people over at SleepingInAirport.net have been compiling the best and worst of airport overnights for the past 15 years with Beirut’s airport making it into the top 5 Middle East airports in terms of ‘snooze-ability’. Here is 2011’s top 5:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 27, 2011 | Transportation
A technical report for people with an aviation background but still an interesting read to follow. Here’s a break-down of what happened according to the Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority’s (LEBCAA) preliminary report: The aircraft had received departure...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 14, 2010 | Transportation
Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud was at the World Travel Market in London last week, presenting Lebanon to the world (along with 200 other countries). But unlike other marketing teams that gave the “everything is perfect in our country for tourists”...