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 in 20 countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Gulf and Europe as of July 2010.[3]
Middle East Airlines was founded on 16 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. The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hub and terminated destinations[4][5][6][7][8] marked.
† | Base |
* | Seasonal |
^ | Future destinations |
[T] | Terminated destinations |
^1 Served when it was part of Jordan.