Lebanese flag carrier to join SkyTeam

Middle East Airlines – Air Liban (MEA), the flag carrier of Lebanon, has signed an agreement to join SkyTeam in 2012.  MEA will be the alliance’s second member from the Middle East, a strategic growth market for the Air France/Delta led grouping.

SkyTeam is actively working to strengthen its presence in the Middle East, one of the world’s most important and rapidly growing economic regions.  It says that the addition of MEA to the network will enable it to compete more efficiently, not only within the Middle East, but also to and from Western Africa.  SkyTeam should open up new commercial possibilities for MEA which has managed to survive through some very difficult times.

MEA has successfully concluded a thorough restructuring plan, intended to modernise and reorganise the airline.  Key elements of this plan included fleet renewal and rationalisation, increasing the density of the carrier’s European, Middle East and West African network and improving product quality and consistency. www.mea.com.lb

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