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A law that amends the fees and charges levied by the Lebanese government on airline operators was approved by Parliament in its second half of its session. The current fee structure is still based on the official peg of LL1,507.5 to the US dollar. For example, flight operators are charging passengers $33 in fresh dollars while paying the government LL50,000 — less than $2 at the parallel market rate — leading to a loss of revenue. The change in fee pricing would allow the government to generate hundreds of millions of fresh dollars.