Middle East Airlines destinations

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban, more commonly known as Middle East Airlines – MEA, is the national airline of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut.[1] and its base at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport.[2] It operates international flights to 31 destinations (28-year-round and 3 seasonal destinations) in 22 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, as of summer 2016.[3]

Middle East Airlines was founded on 31 May 1945 by Saeb Salam, with operational and technical support from BOAC. Operations started on 1 January 1946 using three de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapides on flights between Beirut and Nicosia, followed by flights to Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Cyprus.

This list shows airports that are served by MEA as part of its scheduled services and terminated destinations marked as well.[4][5][6][7][8]

† Base
Seasonal
Country City Airport Notes Ref
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport [9]
BelgiumBrusselsBrussels Airport [10]
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International Airport[10]
DenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen Airport[10]
EgyptCairoCairo International Airport [10]
FranceNiceNice Côte d'Azur Airport[10]
FranceParisParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport [10]
GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport [10]
GhanaAccraKotoka International Airport [10]
GreeceAthensAthens International Airport [10]
IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport [10]
IraqBasraBasra International Airport [10]
IraqErbilErbil International Airport [10]
IraqNajafAl Najaf International Airport [10]
ItalyMilanMilan–Malpensa Airport [10]
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport [10]
Ivory CoastAbidjanPort Bouet Airport [10]
JordanAmmanQueen Alia International Airport [10]
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport[10]
LebanonBeirut Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport † [10]
NigeriaLagosMurtala Muhammed International Airport [10]
QatarDohaHamad International Airport [10]
Saudi ArabiaDammamKing Fahad International Airport[10]
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdul Aziz International Airport [10]
Saudi ArabiaMedinaPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport [10]
Saudi ArabiaRiyadhKing Khalid International Airport [10]
SwitzerlandGeneveGeneva International Airport [10]
TurkeyIstanbulAtatürk International Airport [10]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi International Airport [10]
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport [10]
United KingdomLondonLondon Heathrow Airport [10]

Terminated Destinations

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Middle East Airlines. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 50.
  3. ↑ ". MEA summer 2016 Timetable.
  4. ↑ "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (A)". The Cedarjet Pages. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  5. ↑ "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (B-C)". The Cedarjet Pages. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (D-H)". The Cedarjet Pages. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  7. ↑ "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (I-O)". The Cedarjet Pages. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  8. ↑ "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (T-Z)". The Cedarjet Pages. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  9. ↑ MEA resuming Yerevan
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MEA route map
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