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Founded | 31 May 1945 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1 January 1946 | ||||||
AOC # | MEA-A001 | ||||||
Hubs | Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Cedar Miles | ||||||
Alliance | SkyTeam[1] | ||||||
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Fleet size | 24 (22 commercial airliners + 2 private jets) | ||||||
Destinations | 33[2] | ||||||
Parent company | Banque du Liban | ||||||
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||
Key people | Mohammad El Hout (chairman & director general) | ||||||
Profit | US$-45,000,000 (2021)[3] | ||||||
Employees | 5000+ (MEA, MEAG, MEAS, LBACC, MASCO) (2023) | ||||||
Website | www |
Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية, romanized: Ṭayyarān 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.