After suspending its flights to Beirut because of a conflict between Israeli troops and Syrian Hezbollah militants, Air France will continue its flights this Saturday.
The European provider will begin with five weekly flights, and Transavia, the low-cost company of the Air France-KLM class, will begin operations in the Syrian capital on February 13 with three per week.
Both airlines stopped operating in Beirut in September as conflicts grew, and the Israeli army began bombarding Hezbollah targets there. Since November, there has been a tenuous peace between Israel and Hezbollah.
According to a spokeswoman for Air France, the flight will gradually resume operating seven flights a week to Beirut using a number of large-body Airbus A330s and A350s. By the beginning of March, Transavia plans to run six regular flights.
” The continuation, as well as the culmination of functions, will be the subject of a normal assessment of the situation”, he added.
Eight weeks after Air France and Transavia announced they would resume providing their services to Tel Aviv, Wednesday’s statement comes.
