Middle East Airlines
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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 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 23 (21 commercial airliners + 2 private jets) | ||||||
| Destinations | 33 | ||||||
| Parent company | Banque du Liban | ||||||
| Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||
| Key people | Mohammad El Hout (chairman & director general) | ||||||
| Profit | US$ 88,800,000 (2023) | ||||||
| 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, near Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. It operates scheduled international flights to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport.
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. 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.