List of Middle East Airlines destinations

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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 34 destinations (31-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, and Syria.

Destinations[]

Country City Airport Notes Ref
Armenia Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport [4][5]
Australia Sydney Sydney Airport Terminated [6]
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated [7][8]
Bahrain Manama Bahrain International Airport Terminated [7]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport [4]
Brazil Sao Paulo São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport Terminated [6]
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport [4]
Nicosia Nicosia International Airport Terminated [7]
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport Terminated [9]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport [4]
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport [4]
Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Terminated [10]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Terminated [11]
France Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Seasonal [4]
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport [4]
Germany Berlin Berlin Tegel Airport Terminated [6]
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport Seasonal [10]
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport [4]
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport [4]
Greece Athens Athens International Airport [4]
India Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminated [6][11]
Iran Tehran Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Terminated [11]
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport [4]
Basra Basra International Airport [4]
Erbil Erbil International Airport [4]
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport [4]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport [4]
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport [4]
Ivory Coast Abidjan Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport [4]
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport [4]
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport [4]
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Hub [4]
Liberia Monrovia Roberts International Airport Terminated [7][12]
Libya Benghazi Benina International Airport Terminated [11]
Tripoli Tripoli International Airport Terminated [6]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminated [6]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol [13]
Nigeria Kano Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Terminated [7]
Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport [4]
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport Terminated [14]
Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport Terminated [11]
Palestine Territory East Jerusalem Jerusalem Airport Terminated [15]
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport [4]
Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Terminated [6]
Russia Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Terminated [6][16]
Saudi Arabia Dammam King Fahd International Airport [4]
Dhahran Dhahran International Airport Terminated [11]
Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport [4]
Medina Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport Seasonal [4]
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport [4]
Sierra Leone Freetown Lungi International Airport Terminated [7]
Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Terminated [6]
Spain Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport [4][6]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated [6]
Sudan Khartoum Khartoum International Airport [11]
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport [4]
Zürich Zürich Airport Terminated [11]
Switzerland
France
Germany
Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Terminated [17]
Syria Aleppo Aleppo International Airport Terminated [18]
Damascus Damascus International Airport Terminated [18]
Tunisia Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport Terminated [6]
Turkey Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Terminated [11]
Istanbul Istanbul Airport [4]
Istanbul Atatürk Airport Terminated [4]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport [4]
Dubai Dubai International Airport [4]
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah International Airport Terminated [12]
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport [4]
United States New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated [6][16]
Yemen Aden Aden International Airport Terminated [11]

Note - MEA also served Haifa and Lydda in former British Mandate Palestine till 1948.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Contact Us Archived 27 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine." Middle East Airlines. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 10 April 2007. p. 50.
  3. ^ "[1]. MEA summer 2016 Timetable.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Destinations". Middle East Airlines.
  5. ^ MEA resuming Yerevan
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n MEA history
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f MEA time table 1967
  8. ^ MEA route map 1962
  9. ^ MEA Kinshasa schedule
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b MEA former Dusseldorf and Sharm el Sheikh seasonal still listed at website
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j MEA timetable 1969
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b MEA 1982 Middle East and Africa destinations advertisement
  13. ^ [2]
  14. ^ MEA time table 1972
  15. ^ MEA time table 1955
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b MEA time table 1983 cover
  17. ^ MEA Cargo time table 1957
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b MEA time table April 1967
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