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# LEBANON: CAA Boss Denies Pressure To Exempt Ibex Air Charter From Debt Repayments
- URL: https://insideaviation.news/lebanon-caa-boss-denies-pressure-to-exempt-ibex-air-charter-from-debt-repayments/
- Published: 2026-09-20T08:41:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T13:53:34.000Z
- Author: Inside Aviation News
- Tags: Lebanon, Ibex Air Charter, Mada Airways, Aircraft Delivery, MENA, Regulatory, Start-ups

BEIRUT, Lebanon

- Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority Director General, Captain Mohammed Aziz, has denied Al-Akhbar reports of any external pressure to exempt Ibex Air Charter from required debt payments.
- Beirut-based newspaper Al-Akhbar had claimed that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam intervened with the CAA on behalf of Ibex Air Charter owner Ahmed Al-Haj to waive dues, leaving USD147,000 outstanding for over two years with only USD 40000 paid recently by cheque.
- Ibex Air Charter is licensed as a commercial charter airline specialising in business jets. It recently ferried a first E175 - (MSN 17000328 ¦ P4-EMB) to Beirut as part of plans to launch regional scheduled services under the brand Mada Airways using the renovated aerodrome in Qlayaat, northern Lebanon, as a base.

**Sources:**

- [El Nashra](https://www.elnashra.com/news/show/1800653/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%84-?ref=insideaviation.news)
- [Al Akhbar](https://www.al-akhbar.com/NewspaperArticles/lebanon/904662/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%B0%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82?ref=insideaviation.news)
- [Business News Lebanon](https://www.businessnews.com.lb/cms/Story/StoryDetails.aspx?ItemID=12513&ref=insideaviation.news)