News / Calls for Beirut Airport, 'Lebanon's only gateway for aid', to be protected

Israel’s assault on Lebanon has left the country bereft of airfreight capacity, its sole airline struggling to service demand and charter companies unwilling to plug the gaps.

Mourad Aoun, CEO of distribution firm The Net Global, which has branches in Lebanon, said regional supply chains’ capacity to do business had been “significantly impacted” by the attacks in the south and against Beirut.

“We have a serious problem sourcing capacity into Beirut as there is only Middle ...