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Message for U.S. Citizens: Qatar Airways Offers Outbound Flight from Beirut Available for U.S. citizens
and Lawful Permanent Residents (April 30, 2020)
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April 30, 2020

Event: Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut remains closed for commercial passenger flights until at least May 10, 2020.  Qatar Airways (QA) is offering a special chartered flight to depart Beirut at 2:30 a.m. on May 6, 2020, for Doha with connecting flights to Dallas/Fort Worth or Chicago.  The flight number is QR3276.

Interested travelers may purchase tickets online at www.qatarairways.com or at the Qatar Airways Downtown Beirut Office, telephone 01-763100, Minah El Hosn, Garden View Building – Ground Floor (behind Four Seasons Hotel at Zeytouna Bay), Tuesday to Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday closed.  QA advises that the non-refundable ticket cost is $2,500 per person to either U.S. destination.  Seats are limited.

Travelers who book this flight are required by QA to be at the airport no later than 11:30 p.m. on May 5.

All ticketed U.S. citizen and LPR travelers on this flight are asked to provide ticket/travel information to the American Citizen Services office through the following link https://bit.ly/2xbSyMZ.  This will enable ACS to provide all travelers with additional flight-related information, if required.

U.S. citizens normally resident in the United States, who are stranded in Lebanon because of the airport closure and who either lack or cannot access funds, may write to BeirutACS@state.gov to inquire about the possibility of a U.S. government loan to cover the ticket costs.

Middle East Airlines (MEA) is also operating flights to transit destinations including Frankfurt, London, and Paris.  U.S. citizens and LPRs with confirmed onward tickets to the U.S. may book outbound travel to these transit points as well, subject to certain conditions mandated by MEA which we detailed in our announcement of April 29.

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