Emirates to resume flights to Beirut

Emirates Airlines will resume flights to Beirut on Feb. 1 after a four-month suspension triggered by conflict, according to a statement.

The statement said that the Middle East’s biggest airline will first offer a daily return flight and scale up to two services per day from April 1.

Emirates will also resume a daily flight to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, starting on Feb. 1.

The Dubai-based, state-owned carrier was one of several regional airlines to suspend Beirut services in late September as tensions soared between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

A truce came into effect on Nov. 27, ending over a year of hostilities.