Lebanese elites flee as banks come under attack - Asia Times
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A flurry of business jets departed from Beirut airport overnight as Lebanese with means fled a fierce new round of public anger directed against the country’s financial sector.
The open source aviation site Flightrader24 showed at least a dozen business crafts, including 16-passenger Bombardiers and 12-passenger Embraer Legacys, departing for Riyadh, Athens, and other regional destinations in a span of 24 hours.
With private jet bookings averaging $100,000 for Beirut to Paris, a chartered private jet with ten passengers chipping in would become the equivalent of flying first class in the high season.
The Beirut airport is closed to commercial travel due to Covid-19, but private charters fall under a different set of laws.
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The flurry of departures came hours after a judge in the southern city of Tyre slapped a travel ban on the leadership of Lebanon’s BLOM Bank from leaving the country.