The number of passengers travelling via the Beirut International Airport (BIA) widened by 98.91% y-o-y to 691,279 as at the end of the first two months of 2022, up from 347,541 passengers in the same period in 2021. This rebound in the number of passengers can be attributed to many factors, namely the significant increase in the vaccination rate, and the less fatal Omicron variant, not to mention 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 132.91% y-o-y to 313,200 with the number of departing travelers also increasing by 82.52% to 374,258. On the other hand, the number of transit travelers fell by 52.34% to 3,821, with the number of flights settling 57.77% higher on a yearly basis at 6,743. It is worth highlighting in this context that the share of Middle East Airlines (MEA) of total flights rose from 36.27% during the first two months of 2021 to 37.46% by end of February of the current year. This is further sketched in the table below: