aviation

Lebanon Activates Civil Aviation Authority 22 Years After Law Passed

More than two decades after the legal framework was put in place, Lebanon is finally taking steps to activate its General Directorate of Civil Aviation. Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny has officially reopened the candidacy process for key leadership positions within the authority, 22 years after the passage of Law No. 481, which ...

Lebanon Relaunches Its Civil Aviation Security Center

Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny announced the relaunch of the Civil Aviation Security Center (CASC), located at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY), during a press conference held on Tuesday at the airport. This move marks a renewed commitment by Lebanese authorities to reform and modernize the civil aviation ...

At Least 179 Dead in South Korea's Worst Plane Crash

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike was cited by authorities as the likely cause of the crash, the worst ever aviation disaster on South Korean soil, which flung passengers out of the plane and ...