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Lebanon’s Failure To Appoint CAA Stymies ICAO

Lebanon’s director general of civil aviation says political interference has hampered ICAO audits in the past.

Ground crew tow a Middle East Airlines A320-200 along the tarmac at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport. (Photo: Middle East Airlines)

By Peter Shaw-Smith • Contributor - Middle East

May 19, 2014

Lebanon’s inability to appoint a fully fledged civil aviation authority has led to failures to pass ICAO audits but has not raised safety concerns about airlines operating within the country, a senior Lebanese civil aviation official told AIN recently in Dubai.

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