Beirut International Airport
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Beirut International Airport is an airport located in Beirut, Lebanon. It is the hub for Middle East Airlines (also known as Air Liban or MEA).
On June 22, 2005, Beirut International Airport was officially renamed Rafik Hariri International Airport in honor of ex-Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri who was brutally assassinated in a huge explosion in Beirut on February 14, 2005 when his motorcade was targeted.
Code data
- IATA airport code: BEY
- ICAO airport code: OLBA
Airlines
Passenger airlines operating flights to the airport include:
- Aeroflot
- Air Algerie
- Air Arabia
- Air France
- Alitalia
- Armavia
- Austrian Airlines
- British Airways (British Mediterranean)
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Cyprus Airways
- Donbass Aero
- Egyptair
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Etihad Airways
- Gulf Air
- Hemus Air
- Iberia
- Iran Air
- Jat Airways
- KLM
- Kuwait Airways
- LOT Polish Airlines - Spring, Summer, and Fall only
- LTU
- Lufthansa
- Malaysia Airlines
- MALÉV Hungarian Airlines
- Menajet - Lebanese charter airline
- Middle East Airlines
- Olympic Airlines
- Oman Air
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Jordanian
- Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Star Airlines
- Syrian Air
- Tarom Romanian Air Transport
- Tunisair
- Turkish Airlines
- UM Air
- Yemenia
Jazeera Airways, a new private Kuwaiti airline, plans to begin operations in October. It plans to serve Beirut along with other cities throughout the Arab world.
Royal Air Maroc, the national carrier of Morocco, will begin service to Beirut in early 2006, however a launch date, frequency, and aircraft type have not been announced yet.
Cathay Pacific has hinted that it may serve Beirut in the near future.
Cargo airlines operating flights to the airport include:
- Air France Cargo
- Cargolux
- DHL - Ad-hoc only
- Egyptair Cargo
- Etihad Crystal Cargo
- Martinair Cargo
- TMA - Trans Mediterranean Airways
Periodic cargo visitors include Saudi Arabian Cargo.
External links
- Beirut International Airport (http://www.beirutairport.gov.lb)Template:Airport-stub