AIR ALLIANCE

Middle East Airlines Air Liban (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية‎), operating as Middle East Airlines (MEA) (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط‎), is the national flag-carrier line of Lebanon, with its head duty in Beirut.[2] It operates regular international services in the Middle East, aggregation and Africa with its humble at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport.[3]

Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the Semite Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The line expressed its interest in decent a SkyTeam assort member in early 2006 at a press conference in New York.

Middle East Airlines was founded on 31 May 1945 by Saeb Salam, with operational and technical support from BOAC. Operations started on 1 January 1946 using threesome de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapides on services between Beirut and Nicosia, followed by flights to Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Cyprus. Two Douglas DC-3s were acquired in mid-1946. Pan American World Airways acquired a stake and management lessen in September 1949.