Beirut

This was not part of the original plans. I'm not averse to "going boldly", but there are limits.

But if BMI is willing to fly there, why worry?

I suppose I have fresh memories of sitting in Istanbul (just up the road, really) following the Israeli attacks in summer 2006.

It was just a 45 min stopover between London and Addis Ababa, and those of us flying on to Ethiopia didn't even have to disembark. All quite painless.