MEA started all-cargo flights in 1955 with a Bristol 170 freighter. Photo: MEA
THE CEDARJET PAGES
By Wassim Chemaitelli
MEA CARGO TIMETABLE, NOVEMBER 1958
This document is based on the cargo section of the MEA November 1958 timetable, N°12.
MEA started all-cargo flights in 1955 with a Bristol 170 freighter. Photo: MEA
MEA had increased its cargo capacity by introducing freighter planes for all cargo flights since 1955, with the introduction of a Bristol 170. In 1957, 3 Avro York freighters were leased for the consolidation of MEA's cargo network. These will be used until 1960: the arrival of the jet age ended MEA's all cargo flights. The new jets had enough capacity for cargo, and reduced the need for all cargo operations.
MEA's timetable, eff n°12, November 1958 included a cargo section
Westbound flights connected Beirut, Athens, Basle, London, Milan
and Rome.
Eastbound flights connected Beirut, Baghdad, Bahrain, Dhahran,
Doha, Kuwait and Teheran.
The Timetable included this advertisement from Mobil Oil, in
the pure fifties graphic style.
MEA's all cargo fleet included 3 leased Avro York Freighters. Photo: Peter Keating
The MEA timetable was kindly scanned and sent by Bjorn Larsson @Timetable
Images.