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Lufthansa retracts Beirut resumption
Not important, just another straw on one side of the balance. A statement from German flagship airline Lufthansa said it will not be resuming flights to Beirut Wednesday as announced a day earlier. The company said it had not received "the necessary right" for resumption of flights, along with other airlines it did not identify. As a result, the company said flights "must regrettably remain suspended at short notice until Aug. 31."The airline suspended all flights July 13, a day after Hezbollah fighters abducted two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid, sparking a 34-day war in Lebanon and the bombing and closure of Beirut International Airport. Tuesday, eight days after a U.N. cease-fire was imposed, the airline said it would offer five flights a week between Frankfurt and Beirut but those flights are now on hold. Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-23 |
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