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	Israel	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	Congo ! 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