List of 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. and its base at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport. It operates international flights to 31 destinations (29-year-round and 2 seasonal destinations) in 22 countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, as of summer 2016.
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 three de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapides on flights between Beirut and Nicosia, followed by flights to Iraq, Egypt, and Syria.
Destinations
Country |
City |
Airport |
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Armenia |
Yerevan |
Zvartnots International Airport |
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Australia |
Sydney |
Sydney Airport |
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Austria |
Vienna |
Vienna International Airport |
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Bahrain |
Manama |
Bahrain International Airport |
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Belgium |
Brussels |
Brussels Airport |
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Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport |
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Congo Democratic Republic |
Kinshasa |
N'djili Airport |
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Cyprus |
Larnaca |
Larnaca International Airport |
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Nicosia |
Nicosia International Airport |
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Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Copenhagen Airport |
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Egypt |
Cairo |
Cairo International Airport |
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Sharm El Sheikh |
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport |
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Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport |
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France |
Paris |
Charles de Gaulle Airport |
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Nice |
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport |
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Germany |
Berlin |
Berlin Tegel Airport |
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Düsseldorf |
Düsseldorf Airport |
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Frankfurt |
Frankfurt Airport |
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Ghana |
Accra |
Kotoka International Airport |
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Greece |
Athens |
Athens International Airport |
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India |
Mumbai |
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport |
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Iran |
Tehran |
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport |
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Iraq |
Baghdad |
Baghdad International Airport |
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Basra |
Basra International Airport |
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Erbil |
Erbil International Airport |
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Najaf |
Al Najaf International Airport |
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Italy |
Milan |
Milan–Malpensa Airport |
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Rome |
Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport |
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Ivory Coast |
Abidjan |
Port Bouet Airport |
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Jordan |
Amman |
Queen Alia International Airport |
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Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Kuwait International Airport |
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Lebanon |
Beirut |
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport |
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Liberia |
Monrovia |
Roberts International Airport |
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Libya |
Benghazi |
Benina International Airport |
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Tripoli |
Tripoli International Airport |
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Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
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Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
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Nigeria |
Kano |
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport |
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Lagos |
Murtala Muhammed International Airport |
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Oman |
Muscat |
Muscat International Airport |
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Pakistan |
Karachi |
Jinnah International Airport |
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Palestine Territory |
East Jerusalem |
Jerusalem Airport |
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Qatar |
Doha |
Hamad International Airport |
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Romania |
Bucharest |
Henri Coandă International Airport |
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Russia |
Moscow |
Sheremetyevo International Airport |
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Saudi Arabia |
Dammam |
King Fahad International Airport |
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Dhahran |
Dhahran International Airport |
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Jeddah |
King Abdulaziz International Airport |
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Medina |
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport |
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Riyadh |
King Khalid International Airport |
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Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Lungi International Airport |
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Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore Changi Airport |
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Spain |
Madrid |
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport |
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Bandaranaike International Airport |
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Sudan |
Khartoum |
Khartoum International Airport |
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Switzerland |
Basel |
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg |
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Geneva |
Geneva Airport |
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Zürich |
Zürich Airport |
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Syria |
Aleppo |
Aleppo International Airport |
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Damascus |
Damascus International Airport |
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Tunisia |
Tunis |
Tunis-Carthage International Airport |
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Turkey |
Ankara |
Esenboğa International Airport |
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Istanbul |
Istanbul Atatürk Airport |
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United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
Abu Dhabi International Airport |
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Dubai |
Dubai International Airport |
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Ras Al Khaimah |
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport |
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United Kingdom |
London |
London Heathrow International Airport |
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United States |
New York City |
John F. Kennedy International Airport |
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Yemen |
Aden |
Aden International Airport |
Note - MEA also served Haifa and Lydda in former British Mandate Palestine till 1948.