Beirut - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
Washington, DC. Flights were normally in the 12 to 16 hour range, although 2020 can mean extended travel times, limited availability, and indirect routes. Previously there were decent opportunities to travel to nearby countries (Jordan, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece) at a reasonable budget, but flights to Europe and beyond could start to become pricey. - Oct 2020
Flights back to the U.S. run 14+ hours. Layovers and rest stops are common in Paris, London, and a few other European cities. - May 2019
14-15 hours to fly to Toronto, a bit longer to go elsewhere in Canada. There are no direct flights to Canada or the USA, so I always connected through a European city, though sometimes connecting through the UAE, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt was cheaper. - Feb 2015
From Washington, D.C. frequent flights connect to Beirut via London, Paris, or Frankfurt with a total flight time at approximately 14-hours. - Nov 2014
My home base is California. From Beirut it takes me between 20-24 hours with connection through either Frankfurt, Paris, or London. - Apr 2014
I don't really have a home base but flights to the U.S. were generally through Europe (Frankfurt, London, Rome, France) or through the U.A.E depending on the airline. No direct flights. - Jan 2014
Washington, DC - 20 hours (including layovers) through Frankfurt, London or Paris. - Apr 2012
From Washington it's about a 14-hour journey, connecting through one of the major European hubs (Heathrow, Frankfurt or Paris) because direct flights are still not allowed due to 30-year-old hijacking concerns. - Sep 2010
My home base is the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and it takes about 13 hours, including a mandatory stop in Europe. The U.S. does not allow direct flights from Lebanon, so you have to transfer en route. It's a four-hour flight to Paris. - Jul 2010
