Rediscovering Baalbeck, thanks to Jorge Takla's Carmen
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L'Orient-Le Jour
27-07-2025
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Rediscovering Baalbeck, thanks to Jorge Takla's Carmen
Crossing the Bekaa plain, your heart racing, as if it were the first time. Taking the road back to Baalbeck. Thinking that just a few days ago, this felt almost impossible. Rediscovering, at this late summer afternoon, that same unassailable light. Untouched. The kind that runs across the fields and traces the outlines of mountains in the sky. The light that caresses and envelops the landscape in a texture resembling gold. Finding Baalbeck again. Returning to the Palmyra Hotel, spared by some miracle from an Israeli bombardment just across the street last November. Finding its infinitely poetic terrace, unveiling a view of the temples of Bacchus and Jupiter, linked at sunset by pink hues found nowhere else. Watching crowds flocking toward the ruins. Thinking that only a few months ago, this all seemed unthinkable. Impossible. On Friday...
L'Orient-Le Jour
21-07-2025
- L'Orient-Le Jour
MEA flights connecting Beirut to eight destinations modified between July 26 and 30
The national airline Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced Monday that some of its flights connecting Beirut to eight destinations will be modified between July 26 and 30 for "operational" reasons. "For operational reasons, the schedules of several flights to and from Paris, Nice, Istanbul, Doha, Larnaca, Jeddah, Accra-Abidjan and Cairo will be modified during the period from July 26 to 30," MEA said in a statement, without providing further details. Some flights will be advanced or delayed, it added. During the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, MEA maintained its flights to and from Beirut, though it modified its schedules due to disruptions affecting the regional airspace. During the 2023-2024 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the national airline was the only carrier to maintain service to Beirut following the Israeli escalation on the capital.
MTV Lebanon
10-07-2025
- MTV Lebanon
Airlines Suspend Middle East Flights
Many airline services remain disrupted in the Middle East following the 12-day air war between Iran and Israel that ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire which took hold at the end of June. Tehran's main Imam Khomeini Airport opened on July 4 at the end of a 20-day suspension of flights imposed due to Israeli attacks on Iran. But air space closures and safety concerns continue to weigh on airline traffic in the region. Below are some of the airlines that have cancelled their flights to and from the region: AEGEAN AIRLINES The Greek airline will resume part of its flight schedule to and from Beirut starting from July 10, as of July 16 to and from Erbil and as of July 19 to and from Amman. Flight cancellations from and to Tel Aviv will continue up to and including its early morning flight on September 8. AIR ARABIA The UAE low-cost airline is resuming flights to Damascus starting on July 10. AIRBALTIC Latvia's airBaltic said that all flights to and from Tel Aviv until September 30 had been cancelled. AIR CANADA The Canadian carrier is suspending its flights from Toronto to Dubai until August 4. It had previously postponed resumption of service between Canada and Israel to September 8. AIR EUROPA The Spanish airline said that it had cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv until July 13. From July 14 to July 31, it will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and from August 1 onwards, it will operate every day of the week except Saturdays. AIR FRANCE-KLM The group's Dutch arm KLM said it had cancelled all its flights to and from Tel Aviv until August 30. DELTA AIR LINES The U.S. carrier said that travel to, from or through Tel Aviv may be impacted between June 12 and August 31. EMIRATES Emirates said that it had cancelled all flights to and from Tehran through July 17. FINNAIR The Finnish airline said that all Doha flights will be rescheduled to depart 25-30 minutes earlier between July 10 and September 2. The carrier added that, currently, it is not flying through the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Syria or Israel. IAG IAG-owned British Airways said its flights to Tel Aviv were suspended until July 31. IAG's low-cost airline, Iberia Express, has cancelled its flights to Tel Aviv until October 25. ITA AIRWAYS The Italian Airline said that it would extend the suspension of Tel Aviv flights until July 31, including two flights scheduled on August 1. LUFTHANSA GROUP Lufthansa said that it had suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv until and including July 31 and to and from Tehran until August 17. Flights to and from Amman are cancelled until and including July 11. PEGASUS The Turkish airline said that it had cancelled all flights to Iran until the end of July. QATAR AIRWAYS The Qatari carrier said that flights to Iran remain temporarily suspended. RYANAIR Ryanair said that it had cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv and to and from Amman until October 25. UNITED AIRLINES The U.S. carrier said that it would restart its services to Tel Aviv on July 21, with a second daily flight resuming on July 22. WIZZ AIR The Hungarian airline said that it will resume its flights to and from Tel Aviv on August 8. Flights to Amman are suspended until September 15.
