The number of arriving passengers via the Beirut International Airport increased markedly by 225.03% during the month of December to 234,644 passengers following the inking of the ceasefire agreement in late November, with the number of departing passengers adding 84.13% to 145,216. On a cumulative basis, the number of passengers travelling via the Beirut International Airport (BIA) fell by 20.82% in the full year 2024 to 5.62 million compared to 7.10 million passengers in 2023, mainly owing to the increasing hostilities between the months of September and late November beyond the Southern border of Lebanon. More specifically, the number of arriving travelers dropped by 20.55% y-o-y to 2,762,698 with the number of departing travelers decreasing by 20.97% to 2,858,202 and the number of transit travelers receding by 62.24% to 3,502. Concurrently, the number of flights saw a sharp annual drop of 18.40% in 2024 to 46,680. It is worth highlighting in this context that the share of Middle East Airlines (MEA) rose from 38.49% of the total number of flights in 2023 to 42.11% in 2024 as most airlines cancelled their trips to Lebanon when the conflict intensified. This is further sketched in the table below: