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Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
ME
MEA
CEDAR JET
Founded
31 May 1945; 78 years ago (1945-05-31)
Commenced operations
1 January 1946; 78 years ago (1946-01-01)
AOC #
MEA-A001
Hubs
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Cedar Miles
Alliance
SkyTeam[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 size
25 (23 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$-45,000,000 (2021)[3]
Employees
5000+ (MEA, MEAG, MEAS, LBACC, MASCO) (2023)
Website
www.mea.com.lb
Middle East Airlines – Air Liban S.A.L. (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط ـ الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية, romanized: Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ – al-Khuṭūṭ al-jawiyyah al-lubnāniyyah), more commonly known as Middle East Airlines (MEA) (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط, romanized: Ṭayyarān al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ), is the flag carrier of Lebanon, with its head office in Beirut,[4] near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport.[5] It operates scheduled international flights to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport.[6]
Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. MEA expressed its interest in becoming a SkyTeam associate member in early 2006 at a press conference in New York.[7]
On 28 February 2011, the airline signed the partnership agreement with SkyTeam at a ceremony in Beirut, and officially joined the alliance on 28 June 2012, becoming its 17th member and the second member airline in the Middle East.
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Global Information
US$-45,000,000 (2021)[3]