The first plane of a daily service will arrive on Monday afternoon

The airline said it had received approval from Lebanon and the flight would be a daily service.

Israel has maintained an air and sea embargo on Lebanon since a 14 August ceasefire ended its 34-day conflict with Hezbollah fighters.

It has allowed two airlines to fly to Beirut on condition they go through Amman, Jordan, for security.

Monday's Qatar Airways flight is also to carry humanitarian aid.

Emir's visit

A Qatar Airways spokeswoman said Flight 422 would arrive in Beirut at 1530 local time (1230GMT) on Monday after a three-hour journey from Doha.

Israel bombed runways at Beirut international airport at the beginning of the conflict with Hezbollah.

Since the UN-brokered truce, which calls for the lifting of the blockade, Lebanon's Middle East Airlines and Royal Jordanian have been able to fly to Beirut via Amman.

Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr said on Saturday he had been assured by the UN that the blockade "would be lifted in the coming days".

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani became the only head of state to visit Lebanon since the conflict when he travelled to Beirut on 21 August.

The UN is installing 15,000 peacekeepers in southern Lebanon as part of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

More than 1,100 Lebanese and about 160 Israelis died in the conflict, sparked by the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah.