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 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.

Destinations

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
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Notes Ref
Abidjan  Côte d'Ivoire ABJ DIAP Port Bouet Airport [3]
Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates AUH OMAA Abu Dhabi International Airport [3]
Accra  Ghana ACC DGAA Kotoka International Airport [3]
Addis Ababa  Ethiopia ADD HAAB Bole International Airport [T] [4]
Aden  Yemen ADE OYAA Aden International Airport [T] [4]
Aleppo  Syria ALP OSAP Aleppo Airport [T] [9]
Amman  Jordan AMM OJAI Queen Alia International Airport [3]
Amsterdam  Netherlands AMS EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol [T] [4]
Ankara  Turkey ESB LTAC Esenboğa International Airport [T] [4]
Arbil  Iraq EBL ORER Arbil International Airport [3]
Athens  Greece ATH LGAV Athens International Airport [3]
Baghdad  Iraq BGW ORBI Baghdad International Airport [3]
Bahrain  Bahrain BAH OBBI Bahrain International Airport [T] [5]
Beirut  Lebanon BEY OLBA Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport [3]
Benghazi  Libya BEN HLLB Benina International Airport [T] [5]
Berlin  Germany SXF EDDB Berlin Schönefeld Airport [T] [3]
Brussels  Belgium BRU EBBR Brussels Airport [3]
Bucharest  Romania OTP LROP Henri Coandă International Airport [T] [5]
Cairo  Egypt CAI HECA Cairo International Airport [3]
Cologne/Bonn  Germany CGN EDDK Cologne/Bonn Airport [T] [5]
Colombo  Sri Lanka CMB VCBI Bandaranaike International Airport [T]
Copenhagen *  Denmark CPH EKCH Copenhagen Airport seasonal [3]
Dakar  Senegal DKR GOOY Léopold Sédar Senghor Airport [T] [6]
Dammam  Saudi Arabia DMM OEDF King Fahad International Airport [3]
Doha  Qatar DOH OTBD Doha International Airport [3]
Dubai  United Arab Emirates DXB OMDB Dubai International Airport [3]
Düsseldorf *  Germany DUS EDDL Düsseldorf International Airport seasonal [3]
Frankfurt  Germany FRA EDDF Frankfurt Airport [3]
Freetown  Sierra Leone FNA GFLL Lungi International Airport [T] [6]
Geneva  Switzerland GVA LSGG Geneva International Airport [3]
Istanbul  Turkey IST LTBA Ataturk International Airport [3]
Jeddah  Saudi Arabia JED OEJN King Abdul Aziz International Airport [3]
Jerusalem  Palestine JRS LLJR Atarot Airport [T] see 1 [7]
Kano  Nigeria KAN DNKN Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport [3]
Karachi  Pakistan KHI OPKC Jinnah International Airport [T] [7]
Khartoum  Sudan KRT HSSS Khartoum International Airport [T] [7]
Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of the Congo FIH FZAA N'djili Airport [T] [3]
Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia KUL WMKK Kuala Lumpur International Airport [T]
Kuwait  Kuwait KWI OKBK Kuwait International Airport [3]
Lagos  Nigeria LOS DNMM Murtala Muhammed International Airport [3]
Larnaca  Cyprus LCA LCLK Larnaca International Airport [3]
London  United Kingdom LHR EGLL London Heathrow Airport [3]
Madrid  Spain MAD LEMD Barajas Airport [T] [7]
Medina *  Saudi Arabia MED OEMA Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport seasonal [3]
Milan  Italy MXP LIMC Malpensa Airport [3]
Monrovia  Liberia ROB GLRB Roberts International Airport [T] [7]
Mumbai  India BOM VABB Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport [T] [5]
Moscow  Russia DME UUDD Sheremetyevo International Airport [T] [7]
New York City  United States JFK KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport [T] [7]
Nice *  France NCE LFMN Nice Côte d'Azur Airport seasonal [3]
Nicosia  Cyprus NIC LCNC Nicosia International Airport [T] [7]
Paris  France CDG LFPG Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport [3]
Ras al Khaima  United Arab Emirates RKT OMRK Ras Al Khaimah International Airport [T]
Riyadh  Saudi Arabia RUH OERK King Khalid International Airport [3]
Rome  Italy FCO LIRF Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport [3]
Sao Paulo  Brazil GRU SBGR Guarulhos International Airport [T]
Sarajevo  Bosnia-Herzegovina SJJ LQSA Sarajevo International Airport [3]
Singapore  Singapore SIN WSSS Singapore Changi Airport [T] [10]
Sofia  Bulgaria SOF LBSF Sofia Airport [T]
Sydney  Australia SYD YSSY Sydney Airport [T]
Tehran  Iran THR OIII Mehrabad International Airport [T] [8]
Tripoli  Lebanon KYE OLKA Rene Mouawad Air Base [T] [8]
Tripoli  Libya TIP HLLT Tripoli International Airport [T]
Tunis  Tunisia TUN DTTA Tunis-Carthage International Airport [T] [8]
Vienna  Austria VIE LOWW Vienna International Airport [T] [8]
Zürich  Switzerland ZRH LSZH Zurich Airport [T] [8]

^1 Served when it was part of Jordan.

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us." Middle East Airlines. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 50. 10 April 2007. 
  3. ^ 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 ah MEA route map
  4. ^ a b c d e "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (A)". The Cedarjet Pages. http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedarjet91.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (B-C)". The Cedarjet Pages. http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedarjet92.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  6. ^ a b c "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (D-H)". The Cedarjet Pages. http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedarjet93.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (I-O)". The Cedarjet Pages. http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedarjet94.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Beirut International Airport Destinations in 1968 (T-Z)". The Cedarjet Pages. http://wassch71.tripod.com/cedarjet96.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  9. ^ 1953 route map retrieved 11 December 2009>
  10. ^ Article listing Singapore