Trump directing administration to allow US airlines to fly to Lebanon
JETS•Background on the long-standing flight suspension
U.S. flights were suspended in 1985 after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece, en route to Rome, Italy, that was forced to land in Beirut. During the 17-day ordeal, a U.S. Navy diver was brutally killed.
Trump ordered the Transportation Department to lift a ban on U.S. passenger air service to Venezuela in January after the U.S. captured the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, in a military operation earlier that month. Service resumed in late April after seven years, with an American Airlines AAL.O flight from Miami to Caracas.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department did not immediately comment.
Trump says administration will allow direct U.S. flights to Lebanon
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was directing his administration to allow all U.S. airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon, following a meeting with that country's president, Joseph Aoun.
