MEA was able to resume its scheduled services out of Beirut as
of October 1989, and gradually restored its 1988 network as shown on the
map insert of the Cedarwings magazine (No 1, Summer 1990).
THE CEDARJET PAGES
By Wassim Chemaitelli
MEA TIMETABLE, SUMMER 1990.
This document is based on MEA's timetable N°50/B eff June 15th 1990.
MEA was able to resume its scheduled services out of Beirut as
of October 1989, and gradually restored its 1988 network as shown on the
map insert of the Cedarwings magazine (No 1, Summer 1990).
| Flight number | Flights per week | Routing | Remarks |
| ME 001 | Daily | Beirut-Tripoli/Kleyate | Domestic route |
| ME 003 | Daily | Beirut-Tripoli/Kleyate | Domestic route |
| ME 005 | 2 | Beirut-Tripoli/Kleyate | Domestic route |
| ME/BA 201 | 4 | Beirut-London | B747 once/wk as of July 5th |
| ME 211 | 4 | Beirut-Paris/Orly | B747 once/wk as of July 5th |
| ME/SR 213 | 1 | Beirut-Geneva-Nice | |
| ME/LH 217 | 1 | Beirut-Frankfurt-Copenhagen | 5th freedom FRA-CPH-FRA |
| ME/SR 221 | 1 | Beirut-Geneva-Frankfurt | |
| ME/IB 223 | 1 | Beirut-Milan-Madrid | |
| ME/SR 227 | 1 | Beirut-Zurich-Brussels | |
| ME/AZ 231 | 2 | Beirut-Rome | |
| ME 247 | 1 | Beirut-Istanbul | |
| ME 251 | 2 | Beirut-Athens | |
| ME 253 | 1 | Beirut-Athens-Milan | |
| ME 261 | 4 | Beirut-Larnaca | |
| ME 265 | 1 | Beirut-Ankara | |
| ME/WT 273 | 1 | Beirut-Kano-Monrovia-Freetown | |
| ME/WT/RK 277 | 1 | Beirut-Lagos-Abidjan | |
| ME/WT 279 | 1 | Beirut-Lagos | |
| ME 304 | 3 | Beirut-Cairo | |
| ME 312 | 4 | Beirut-Amman | |
| ME 332 | 1 | Beirut-Damascus | |
| ME 364 | 2 | Beirut-Jeddah-Aden | 5th freedom JED-ADE-JED |
| ME 368 | 2 | Beirut-Jeddah | |
| ME 374 | 2 | Beirut-Jeddah-Khartoum | 5th freedom JED-KRT-JED |
| ME 402 | 6 | Beirut-Kuwait | B747 twice/wk as of July 5th |
| ME 418 | 2 | Beirut-Abu Dhabi | |
| ME 426 | 4 | Beirut- Abu Dhabi-Dubai | B747 once/wk as of July 5th |
| ME 428 | 1 | Beirut-Dubai | |
| ME 434 | 2 | Beirut-Bahrain-Doha | |
| ME 438 | 1 | Beirut-Dubai-Muscat | |
| ME 442 | 5 | Beirut-Dhahran | |
| ME/TU 512 | 1 | Beirut-Tripoli-Tunis |
ME/AZ= Alitalia BEY-FCO-BEY
ME/RK= Air Afrique BEY-ABJ-BEY
ME/BA=British Airways BEY-LHR-BEY
ME/SR=Swissair BEY-GVA-BEY and BEY-ZRH-BEY
ME/IB=Iberia BEY-MAD-BEY
ME/TU=Tunisair BEY-TUN-BEY
ME/LH= Lufthansa BEY-FRA-BEY
ME/WT=Nigeria Airways BEY-KAN-BEY and BEY-LOS-BEY
All flights operated with the Boeing 707 / Boeing 720 fleet.
MEA's domestic route to Tripoli/Kleyate (30 mns in duration) was intended for travellers heading to North Lebanon, as front-lines and checkpoints had multiplied between Beirut and Tripoli. The route will be suspended 2 years later. MEA planned on re-introducing one of its B747s during the summer, and to fly it on routes to Paris, London, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In the meantime, the network was revived with the B707/720 Cedarjet fleet.
MEA's B707s were still Lebanon's crucial link to the world as foreign airlines were still reluctant in resuming services to Lebanon. Photo: OD-AHC, seen in Paris-Orly in September 1990. Copyright Torsten Maiwald @Airliners.net.
MEA resumed the publication of in-flight magazines in the summer of 1990 . Cedarwings' style was different of that of Cedarjet. Printed in Lebanon, it was more focused on articles of interest to the Lebanese passenger than its more cosmopolitan and cultural predecessor. The articles in Cedarwings are published in Arabic, French and English. This first issue contained articles on diverse topics: Spring and Summer Trends, Abu Dhabi, Sit Nasab, the Soccer World Cup in Italy, the Kleyate flights as well as puzzles and strip cartoons for children. Return to MEA's lost illusions page