MEA Presses Ahead With Fly Beirut Launch In 2027

Mohamad El-Hout, Middle East Airlines chairman and CEO, pictured at the IATA AGM in Rio de Janeiro.

Middle East Airlines chairman and CEO Mohamad El-Hout, pictured at the IATA AGM in Rio de Janeiro.

Credit: Mark Pilling/Aviation Week
RIO DE JANEIRO—Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) is well advanced to launch its LCC offshoot Fly Beirut with an initial fleet of up to six aircraft in June 2027, Chairman and CEO Mohamad El-Hout told Aviation Week at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Fly Beirut will operate...
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