Middle East Airlines

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L.
طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية
IATA ICAO Call sign
ME MEA CEDAR JET
Founded31 May 1945; 79 years ago (1945-05-31)
Commenced operations1 January 1946; 78 years ago (1946-01-01)
AOC #MEA-A001
HubsBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Frequent-flyer programCedar Miles
AllianceSkyTeam[1]
Subsidiaries
  • Cedar Executive
  • Lebanese Beirut Airport Catering Company (LBACC) (77.5%)
  • Middle East Airlines Ground Handling (MEAG)
  • Middle East Airports Services (MEAS)
  • Mideast Aircraft Services Company (MASCO)
Fleet size24 (22 commercial airliners + 2 private jets)
Destinations33[2]
Parent companyBanque du Liban
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
Key peopleMohammad El Hout (chairman & director general)
ProfitDecrease US$-45,000,000 (2021)[3]
Employees5000+ (MEA, MEAG, MEAS, LBACC, MASCO) (2023)
Websitewww.mea.com.lb

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية, romanizedṬayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ – al-Khuṭūṭ al-jawiyyah al-lubnāniyyah), more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA) (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط, romanized: Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ), is the flag carrier of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut,[4] near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport.[5] It operates scheduled international flights to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport.[6]

Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. MEA expressed its interest in becoming a SkyTeam associate member in early 2006 at a press conference in New York.[7] On 28 February 2011, the airline signed the partnership agreement with SkyTeam at a ceremony in Beirut, and officially joined the alliance on 28 June 2012, becoming its 17th member and the second member airline in the Middle East.

  1. ^ "Middle East Airlines Joins SkyTeam". SkyTeam. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  2. ^ "MEA - Middle East Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  3. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (24 November 2021). "MEA full-year financial performance hammered by successive calamities". Flightglobal.com.
  4. ^ ""Contact Info". Middle East Airlines. Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ^ "إتصل بنا". Middle East Airlines. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 50.
  7. ^ "SkyTeam Welcomes Middle East Airlines, Air Liban (MEA) Interest in SkyTeam Associate Program Governing Board supports carrier's application for Associate Airline status" (Press release). SkyTeam. 2006-01-16. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2010.