BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 18 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Interior Minister, Raya El Hassan, said on Saturday that, a record high of 22,800 passengers departed from Beirut Airport on Friday, an online independent newspaper reported.
The Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA) is being expanded and renovated, and the work is expected to finish soon, Hassan was quoted by Elnashra, as saying.
The first stage of an expansion project for the departure terminal of the Beirut Airport was inaugurated in early June.
Lebanese Public Works and Transport Minister, Youssef Fenianos, announced last month that, Beirut’s newly renovated airport would start operation in Aug.– NNN-NNA
