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.

Destinations

Country City Airport Notes Ref
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport [4]
AustraliaSydneySydney AirportTerminated [5]
AustriaViennaVienna AirportTerminated [6][7]
BahrainManamaBahrain International AirportTerminated [6]
BelgiumBrusselsBrussels Airport[8]
BrazilSao PauloSão Paulo–Guarulhos International AirportTerminated [5]
Congo, Democratic RepublicKinshasaN'djili AirportTerminated[9]
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International Airport[8]
NicosiaNicosia International AirportTerminated [6]
DenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen AirportSeasonal[8]
EgyptCairoCairo International Airport [8]
Sharm el SheikhSharm el Sheikh AirportTerminated [10]
EthiopiaAddis AbabaAddis Ababa Bole International AirportTerminated[11]
FranceNiceNice Côte d'Azur AirportSeasonal[8]
ParisCharles de Gaulle Airport [8]
GermanyBerlinBerlin AirportTerminated [5]
DusseldorfDusseldorf AirportTerminated [10]
FrankfurtFrankfurt Airport [8]
GhanaAccraKotoka International Airport [8]
GreeceAthensAthens International Airport [8]
IndiaBombaySahar International AirportTerminated [5][11]
IranTehranMehrabad International AirportTerminated [11]
IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport [8]
BasraBasra International Airport [8]
ErbilErbil International Airport [8]
NajafAl Najaf International Airport [8]
ItalyMilanMilan–Malpensa Airport [8]
RomeLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport [8]
Ivory CoastAbidjanPort Bouet Airport [8]
JordanAmmanQueen Alia International Airport [8]
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport[8]
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Hub [8]
LiberiaMonroviaRoberts International AirportTerminated [6][12]
LibyaBenghaziBenina International AirportTerminated [11]
TripoliTripoli International AirportTerminated [5]
MalaysiaKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International AirportTerminated [5]
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport SchipholTerminated [13]
NigeriaKanoKano AirportTerminated [6]
LagosMurtala Muhammed International Airport [8]
OmanMuscatMuscat International AirportTerminated [14]
PakistanKarachiJinnah International AirportTerminated [11]
Palestine Territory East JerusalemJerusalem AirportTerminated [15]
QatarDohaHamad International Airport [8]
RomaniaBucharestHenri Coandă International AirportTerminated [5]
RussiaMoscowSheremetyevo International AirportTerminated [5][16]
Saudi ArabiaDammamKing Fahad International Airport[8]
DhahranDhahran International AirportTerminated [11]
JeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport [8]
MedinaPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport Seasonal[8]
RiyadhKing Khalid International Airport [8]
Sierra LeoneFreetownLungi International AirportTerminated [6]
SingaporeSingaporeSingapore Changi AirportTerminated [5]
SpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportTerminated [5]
Sri LankaColomboBandaranaike International AirportTerminated [5]
SudanKhartoumKhartoum International AirportTerminated [11]
SwitzerlandBasleEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse FreiburgTerminated [17]
GenevaGeneva Airport [8]
ZürichZürich AirportTerminated [11]
SyriaAleppoAleppo International AirportTerminated [13]
DamascusDamascus International AirportTerminated [13]
TunisiaTunisTunis-Carthage International AirportTerminated [5]
TurkeyAnkaraEsenboğa International AirportTerminated [11]
IstanbulIstanbul Atatürk Airport [8]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi International Airport [8]
DubaiDubai International Airport [8]
Ras Al KhaimahRas Al Khaimah International AirportTerminated [12]
United KingdomLondonHeathrow Airport [8]
United StatesNew York CityJohn F. Kennedy International AirportTerminated [5][18]
Yemen AdenAden International AirportTerminated [11]

Note - MEA also served Haifa and Lydda in former British Mandate Palestine till 1948 [5].

References

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