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Mar 24, 2017 (newstodate): Stockholm Airport will again be linked with Beirut, Lebanon, from this summer.
The seasonal service will be operated by the charter carrier Wings of Lebanon during the period June 10-September 30, 2017, with two weekly rotations.
In the air since 2006, Wings of Lebanon operates a fleet comprising four Boeing 737 aircraft including one Boeing 737-800.
Over the years, several attempts have been made to set up scheduled services between Lebanon and Sweden, also catering to the large Lebanese diaspora in Scandinavia.
Starting from July 2016, the German carrier Germania launched flights on the route between Stockholm and Beirut, initially offering two weekly rotations on the route with Airbus A319 aircraft.
Earlier, the Swedish carrier Viking Airlines launched scheduled direct flights from Stockholm Arlanda to Beirut from March 16, 2006, but repercussions among Muslims over the publication of certain caricature drawings forced the carrier to suspend the opening of the route, and the carrier was later declared bankrupt in February 2011.
The Swedish carrier Nordic Aviation also introduced flights from Stockholm to Beirut from June 2009, but these were only operated on an ad-hoc basis and soon suspended.
SAS has tested the destination through its former low-cost adventure Snowflake from 2003, but these flights were again suspended from the start of the winter schedule 2005/2006.
The seasonal service will be operated by the charter carrier Wings of Lebanon during the period June 10-September 30, 2017, with two weekly rotations.
In the air since 2006, Wings of Lebanon operates a fleet comprising four Boeing 737 aircraft including one Boeing 737-800.
Over the years, several attempts have been made to set up scheduled services between Lebanon and Sweden, also catering to the large Lebanese diaspora in Scandinavia.
Starting from July 2016, the German carrier Germania launched flights on the route between Stockholm and Beirut, initially offering two weekly rotations on the route with Airbus A319 aircraft.
Earlier, the Swedish carrier Viking Airlines launched scheduled direct flights from Stockholm Arlanda to Beirut from March 16, 2006, but repercussions among Muslims over the publication of certain caricature drawings forced the carrier to suspend the opening of the route, and the carrier was later declared bankrupt in February 2011.
The Swedish carrier Nordic Aviation also introduced flights from Stockholm to Beirut from June 2009, but these were only operated on an ad-hoc basis and soon suspended.
SAS has tested the destination through its former low-cost adventure Snowflake from 2003, but these flights were again suspended from the start of the winter schedule 2005/2006.