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.
| † | Base |
| Seasonal | |
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.