Beirut International Airport

Beirut International Airport

Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon; it has an international airport that is named as Beirut Raic Hariri International Airport. It lies approximately 9 km away from the center of the Beirut city. It was formerly known as the Beirut International Airport. It is the operational hub for the Middle East Airlines that is national flag carrier airline of Lebanon. It is the main entrance in the Lebanon. It was ranked as the second best airport in the Middle East and this ranking was granted by the Skytrax Magazine. This airport is controlled and operated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation that is a subsidiary of Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Brief History

Beirut International Airport was founded in the year 1954. Later on in the year 2005, its name was changed to Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport. This airport is a well equipped and fully advanced airport and it is offering so many world class facilities to its valuable clients, passengers and travelers, these facilities are as follows:

Duty Free Shop
Cafes and Restaurants
Airline Ticket offices
Banks and ATMs
Money Changers
Postal Services
Airline Lounges
Internet facilities
Public Telephones
Parking
Car rental
Public Transportation

Airlines with Destinations

Aeroflot (Moscow-sheremetyevo
Air Algrie (Algiers)
Air Arabia (Sharjah)
Air France (Paris)
Alitalia (Rome, Fiumicino)
Armavia (Yerevan)
Bahrain Air (Bahrain, Kuwait)
Blue Wings (Dusseldor, Hamburg)
BMI (Khartoum, London, Heathrow)
Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
Egypt Air (Cairo)
Egypt Air Express (Alexandria)
Emirates Airlines (Dubai)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa)
Flying Carpet (Baghdad, Ehbil, Khartoum, Sulaymaniyah)
Flydubai (Dubai)
Gulf Air (Bahrain)
Iran Air (Tehran, Imam Khomeini)
Iraq Airways (Baghdad)
Jazeera Airways (Dubai, Kuwait)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
Luthansa (Frankurt)