Middle East Airlines

The top priority of Middle East Airlines (MEA) is to keep open a lifeline for Lebanon during the current conflict, according to the airline’s chairman.

Carriers in the Levant continue to operate under extreme conditions.

Civil aviation is in increasing danger as Israel trades missile fire with Iran and its proxies. IATA warns that protection must be guaranteed.

Bookings collapse as, security considerations affect operations. Many airlines in the Middle East have to adapt to new realities, again.

A SkyTeam alliance member, MEA has transferred four Airbus A321neos and one A330-200 to Istanbul.

The tie-up becomes the Greek airline’s seventh interline agreement.

The codeshare pact targets US passengers transferring in London to fly to Beirut.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week: Air France-KLM drops Virgin Atlantic deal plans; Ryanair to close two bases; Transavia to start Brussels service; codeshare agreed between Gulf Air and Middle East Airlines and more.

This week: Wizz Air plots further London Luton growth; Boeing and Embraer agree joint venture terms; Virgin Atlantic's Flybe talks continue; American starts 28 new flights; MEA to take up to six A330-900neos and more.

The carrier was officially founded on May 31, 1945 and launched its first services from Beirut to the neighbouring cities of Syria, Cyprus, Egypt then Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other destinations in the Gulf from January 1, 1946.

The Tourism Minister of Cyprus has said the next two months will be a “critical time” for the country’s national carrier – Cyprus Airways – as the