Beirut airport turns the page on the war: Major companies return to Beirut

The full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel from September to November last year, extending almost a year of clashes in south Lebanon, had driven away all international airlines, leaving the national airline, Middle East Airlines, alone to maintain connections between Lebanon and the rest of the world until the cease-fire took effect on Nov. 27, 2024. Although Beirut airport was never hit by the Israeli bombings that pounded entire residential areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the airlines preferred to distance themselves for security and insurance costs reasons.But today, even though the situation remains volatile as illustrated by recent Israeli strikes in south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, this page seems to be turning. An informed source at the airport told L’Orient-Le Jour that "almost all...