Middle East Airlines Air Liban SAL طيران الشرق الأوسط الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية, operating as Middle East Airlines (MEA) طيران الشرق الأوسط, is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, based in Beirut. It operates scheduled international services in the Middle East, Europe and Africa and is based at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport.
Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The airline expressed its interest in becoming a SkyTeam associate member in early 2006 at a press conference in New York and the process should be completed by mid to late 2008.
Middle East Airlines was founded on May 31, 1945 by Saeb Salam, with operational and technical support from BOAC, with three de Havilland DH.89A Rapides. Operations started on January 1, 1946 with a service between Beirut and Nicosia.
Note:
- IATA Code: ME
- ICAO Code: MEA
- Callsign: CADER JET
- Website: http://www.mea.com.lb
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