ByREUTERSJULY 22, 2026 00:34President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was directing his administration to allow all US airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon, following a meeting with that country's president, Joseph Aoun.US flights were suspended in 1985 after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece, en route to Rome, Italy, that was forced to land in Beirut. During the 17-day ordeal, a US Navy diver was brutally killed.US flights were suspended in 1985 after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece, en route to Rome, Italy, that was forced to land in Beirut. (credit: ANWAR AMRO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)Other travel bans lifted, Venezuela after MaduroTrump ordered the Transportation Department to lift a ban on US passenger air service to Venezuela in January after the US captured the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, in a military operation earlier that month. Service resumed in late April after seven years, with an ​American Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas.The Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department did not immediately comment.Follow us on Google