Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

[sudoer]

I read somewhere that one evacuation flight (QF?) had many spare seats.

SMH this morning possibly.

Australians in mass no-show for evacuation flight from Lebanon

The federal government estimates there are about 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Some people have continued travelling there against DFAT advice.

www.smh.com.au

 

[leadman]

I've read a lot of comments here and mainly elsewhere about the 1/2 full flights, etc., and the line from To Kill a Mockingbird about being "in the other man's skin" doesn't miss the mark. Mrs Leadman is a Maronite Lebanese, and she has the nightly phone calls back home to the family in the north and its very sad. One family member is Australian and up there looking after his mum, dad, aunts and uncles, as amenities are failing (i.e. water supply, sewerage....). He just will not walk away from them; could you?