Many airlines cancel flights from Beirut
Cancellations by the dozen, exorbitant prices… Finding a plane ticket from Beirut has become a real obstacle course, since most airlines have canceled their flights due to the Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The national airline MEA currently provides the majority of air connections, with a few carriers such as Iraqi Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and the Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus.
And this, while several countries have asked their nationals to leave Lebanon due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation. The notice board on the Beirut airport website announces the cancellation of dozens of flights arriving or departing from the Lebanese capital. The airport, located near the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, continues to operate, but is running almost empty for fear of open war.
Faced with this situation, travelers resort to the road or the sea, some opt for a bus trip from Beirut to Amman via Syria, lasting about twelve hours, offered by a travel agency for a price ranging between 65 and 125 dollars (58 and 112). euros). The richest prefer to take the sea to Cyprus, about 200 kilometers from the Lebanese coast. A five-hour yacht trip from the port of Dbaiyeh, north of Beirut, to Ayia Napa, Cyprus, costs an average of $1,200 (€1,075).
