BEIRUT AIRPORT is likely to open to civilian traffic today (Monday).
In the meantime BMED, which operates a British Airways franchise from Heathrow, last Thursday flew in a team from Save the Children and
vital aid supplies from the Lebanese Welfare Community Aid organisation, together with a group of helpers led by BMED”s chairman,
Lord Hesketh. First to arrive was Middle East Airlines with urgently needed supplies from Amman - half an hour later, a Royal Jordanian
'plane also landed at the airport.
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