The number of passengers travelling via the Beirut International Airport (BIA) widened by 73.23% in 2021 to 4,334,231, up from 2,501,975 passengers in 2020. This rebound in the number of passengers can be attributed to many factors, namely the reclassification of Lebanon as a green zone after it managed to considerably contain the COVID-19 pandemic and the historic depreciation of the Lebanese pound which makes it an attractive destination for tourists and for the Lebanese diaspora from a purchasing power perspective. More specifically, the number of arriving travelers rose by 76.67% y-o-y to 2,070,631 with the number of departing travelers also increasing by 73.96% to 2,206,216. On the other hand, the number of transit travelers fell by 7.03% to 57,384, with the number of flights settling 46.98% higher on a yearly basis at 39,777. It is worth highlighting in this context that the share of Middle East Airlines (MEA) of total flights dropped from 36.54% in 2020 to 34.39% in 2021. This is further sketched in the table below: