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This document is based on MEA's schedules timetable summer 1971 N°11/A. It gives a fair idea of the airline's operations during the transition period to an all Boeing 707/720 fleet. During this period MEA 's fleet was composed of 3 Boeing 707s, 6 Boeing 720s, 2 Convair CV990s , one Comet and one Caravelle.

The following table summarizes the timetable contents for flights departing from BEY. For numbers of flights bound to Beirut add 1 to the number of flight departing BEY.

Flight number	Flights per week	Routing	Aircraft (times per week)
ME 201	Daily	Beirut-London /Heathrow	Boeing 707/720
ME 211	1	Beirut-Zurich-Paris/Orly	Boeing 707/720
ME 213	2	Beirut-Geneva-Paris/Orly	Boeing 707/720
ME 217	2	Beirut-Milan-Paris/Orly	Boeing 707/720
ME 219	1	Beirut-Vienna-Frankfurt-Copenhagen	Boeing 707/720
ME 221	1	Beirut-Vienna-Frankfurt	Boeing 707/720
ME 223	1	Beirut-Geneva-Frankfurt-Copenhagen	Boeing 707/720
ME 227	1	Beirut-Zurich-Paris/Orly-Brussels	Boeing 707/720
ME 229	1	Beirut-Paris/Orly-Brussels	Boeing 707/720
ME 231	Daily	Beirut-Rome	CV990
ME 251	Daily	Beirut-Athens	Caravelle (5) CV990 (2)
ME 261	Daily	Beirut-Nicosia	Caravelle (6) B707/720 (1)
ME 265	2	Beirut-Ankara	Caravelle
ME 273	1	Beirut-Kano-Accra-Abidjan	Boeing 707
ME 275	1	Beirut-Lagos-Monrovia-Freetown	Boeing 707
ME 300	Daily	Beirut-Cairo	CV990
ME 302	Daily	Beirut-Cairo	CV990 (6) B707/720 (1)
ME 310	Daily	Beirut-Amman	Caravelle
ME 320	5	Beirut-Baghdad	CV990
ME 360	2	Beirut-Jeddah-Aden	CV990
ME 368	3	Beirut-Jeddah	B707/720 (2) CV990 (1)
ME 370	2	Beirut-Jeddah-Khartoum	Boeing 707/720
ME 400	6	Beirut-Kuwait	B 707/720 (4) CV990 (2)
ME 420	2	Beirut-Doha-Abu Dhabi	CV990
ME 422	1	Beirut-Dhahran-Doha	CV990
ME 424	3	Beirut-Abu Dhabi-Dubai	Boeing 707/720
ME 426	1	Beirut-Dhahran-Doha	Boeing 707/720
ME 434	2	Beirut-Bahrain-Doha	Boeing 707/720
ME 436	1	Beirut-Bahrain-Abu Dhabi	Boeing 707/720
ME 438	2	Beirut-Dubai	CV990
ME 444	1	Beirut-Dhahran	Boeing 707/720
ME 446	2	Beirut-Dhahran-Bahrain	Boeing 707/720
ME 500	2	Beirut-Benghazi	Comet

MEA enjoyed fifth freedom rights on the following sectors
FRA-VIE-FRA, FRA-CPH-FRA, VIE-CPH-VIE, GVA-CPH-GVA
ORY-GVA-ORY, ORY-ZRH-ORY, ORY-BRU-ORY, ORY-LIN-ORY (Stopover only)
JED-ADE-JED, JED-KRT-JED, KAN-ABJ-KAN

The timetable also displayed the schedules for Air France's flights to Beirut. These were as follows (for numbers of flights departing BEY add 1 to that of the shown flight ):

AF 144	1	Paris-Athens-Beirut	Boeing 707
AF 146	2	Paris-Rome-Beirut	Boeing 707
AF 148	1	Paris-Athens-Beirut	Boeing 707
AF 150	1	Paris-Beirut	Boeing 707
AF 152	1	Paris-Beirut	Boeig 707
AF 184	1	Paris-Athens-Beirut	Boeing 707
AF 188	1	Paris-Nice-Beirut	Boeing 707

Thus MEA's operations included daily flights to London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Nicosia, Amman, Cairo (twice daily) and Jeddah. Six flights were flown every week to Kuwait, Dubai, Doha and Bahrain, five to Abu Dhabi, Dhahran and Baghdad, three to Frankfurt and Geneva, two to Ankara, Copenhagen, Brussels, Zurich, Vienna, Milan, Benghazi, Aden and Khartoum, and one to Kano, Abidjan, Lagos, Accra, Monrovia and Freetown.

MEA was progressively replacing its Convair CV990s with Boeing 720s bought from American Airlines. The Convairs as well as the Comet and the Caravelle will be withdrawn from MEA's fleet in 1972. Photo: MEA Postcard.

The introduction of the all Boeing fleet will cut costs and increase profitability. MEA will add more nonstop flights and increase frequencies to existing destinations and will add new destinations to its network over the next few years.