22 March 2005

BEI-DXB Business Class. Cannot be faulted. From the lounge to the nice A-321 business section and the food. Cabin staff were charming and everything was clean. On- time arrival made it a great 3hr flight.

Middle East Airlines review - by J Sanderson

29 November 2004

I flew between BEY and LHR last week on MEA in Economy Class and found the service impeccable. Crews are professional. The cabin and individual AVOD entertainment system are superior to other European carriers serving Beirut. My gripe is the catering on morning flights to London in YCL. MEA should look at changing the service to offer something more imaginative and enjoyable to its backseat passengers. The choice of omelette or knafeh is not good enough for the national carrier of a country famous for its fantastic cuisine and the Lebanese breakfast is one of the world's culinary delights.

Middle East Airlines review - by B Scott

25 June 2004

Flew Business Class from CDG to Beirut on 3 June on an A-321. Wow! What great seats - better than AF 340 trans-Atlantic. Tremendous legroom. Great entertainment, good food, friendly staff. A real treat to fly, and FAR superior to AF.

Middle East Airlines review - by B Hallak

12 June 2004

ME402/3 KWI-BEY-KWI, The service was good, generally, onboard the brand new A321. PTV's, with a choice of about 5 movies (but no other entertainment programs like Emirates). The food was good (though on the return flight it wasn't that good), and above all, cabin crew members are great.

Middle East Airlines review - by Detlef Burmeister

13 May 2004

Frankfurt-Beirut-Frankfurt, Economy, A321. Very pleasant flights with a very helpful and friendly cabin staff. Choice of two meals, newspapers, good inflight entertainment and comfortable seats. The food was good and the service in Economy Class far better than on other airlines.

Middle East Airlines - by Børlum Kristensen

26 April 2004

MEA is finally resuming flights to Copenhagen. Since 1998, MEA stopped serving the Danish capital, and offered a one stop in LHR or CDG instead. The service was great , but direct flights are always smoother on the traveler. MEA used to fly CPH with the B707, and in the summer season with its elegant B747-200. The service of MEA now has greatly changed and improved with the new A330 that MEA use on the Paris and London route, with very advanced PTV, including the option of video on demand! Last time I flew to Beirut, was with SAS and MEA via London Heathrow. on the London/ Beirut sector the food was great, the hostesses have gone younger and more professional, and the entertainment was impressive. MEA deserves more than an 3 star ranking.

Middle East Airlines review -by Issam Rameh

11 March 2004

I have been travelling between London and the Middle East for 20 years. I have recently shifted from British Airways and Air France to MEA on routes that are offered by MEA, because I found that MEA has some details these airlines lack in Business Class. The ability to always offer you the best personalised service possible, and high degree of hospitality. The catering is better than before. One thing, MEA should add some crucial middle eastern destinations such as Bahrain, and Doha.

Middle East Airlines review -by Oliver Dunskus

26 February 2004

Beirut to Paris in business class, new A 330. Excellent seating including video cassette players and electric remote control, comfortable legroom. Crew was friendly but disappeared after breakfast was over. Food OK but not fantastic.

Middle East Airlines - by Ben Weston

12 February 2004

Beirut-Athens in an A320. Voluntarily offloaded from a BA flight to LHR so was re-routed via Athens, first with MEA and then some horrid Greek airline that I'd rather not think about! MEA really impressed me. Clean aircraft and great food, no IFE on this flight but the sector was pretty short. Friendly (and very attractive!) crew made this flight a pleasant one.

Middle East Airlines review - by Anthony Mills

5 February 2004

London-Beirut-Larnaca. A330 LHR-BEY, Economy class, more legroom than other airlines, generous meals and drinks, up to date entertainment, and staff not arrogant. Same on Beirut-Larnaca A321. With MEA, you expect your trip to be acceptable, but you get the best service.

Middle East Airlines review - by Jil Alexandre

16 January 2004

A330-200 in Business Class from Abidjan to Dubai via Beirut on 5th of January. The crew service and food were superb. The entertainment is really impressive: especially the video on demand. The reading material is very sophisticated. The crew is very helpful, and professional. The check in is pretty smooth, the MEA business class lounge is impressive. Beirut Airport is very wide and not very crowded, very clean, but there isn't a wide variety of restaurants.

Middle East Airlines review - by Marina Jenkins

7 January 2004

London-Beirut on 24 December and return to London on 4 January. Both legs on a new A330. Check in at London very smooth. Onboard the aircraft staff with genuine smiles and warm welcome / orange juice before take off. Menu and landing cards issued straight after take off and drinks offered. Lunch followed (Lebanese starters and a choice of 3 main courses) with wine and coffee. Personal Inflight Entertainment system best I have seen on economy with a choice of films, audio channels, around 18 games. We had video on demand on each seat in economy which allowed me to watch films whenever I wanted as well as forwarding, rewinding and pausing when I wanted. On the return flight, I was upgraded to Cedars class at Beirut Airport.

Middle East Airlines review -by Rami Ahmad

2 January 2004

London/Beirut/Dubai, great service, on both trips, giant airport, impressive business class seats, classy and professional cabin crew, delicious meals, and fast connection.

Middle East Airlines review -by J H Gu

20 December 2003

BEY-DXB Y class on an A321 aircraft. Helpful check-in agent in Beirut. In flight crew spontaneous, attentive and anticipating even in Y class. Seatback TV a nice addition and food delicious. One thing I don't feel comfortable was the relaxed attitude on safety. The safety video image was not available in the Economy cabin but the crew did not bother to replay the video or do a manual demonstration.

Middle East Airlines review -by Michael McAdam

28 September 2003

DXB-BEY-DXB for a four day getaway in Lebanon. The new aircraft are certainly very comfortable (A 321 outbound and A330 return). Both aircraft had in seat videos in both classes but the 321 did not offer the range of choice - two run of the mill films in English, a couple in Arabic and one in French. The 330 had a much better selection of recent films. The onboard service definitely could use some improvement. Flight attendants were attentive, but nothing out of the ordinary. One of the flight attendants BEY-DXB had such heavily accented French and English that he was difficult to understand. I'm not one to complain about inflight catering (I just expect it to be bad) but I must say I expected better something from a Lebanese company - where food is a national obsession. Very bland and uninspired catering in Y class. Upon landing in Dubai, most of the pax sprang up to retrieve their overhead luggage. Flight attendants made a half hearted attempt to get pax to regain their seats and then just happily chatted with pax as they milled about the cabin as the plane continued its long taxi to parking position. No announcement was made to induce passengers back to their seat. One wonders if MEA's approach to other aspects of inflight safety is equally lax.

Middle East Airlines review -by Antoine Cartier

16 August 2003

I flew from Paris CDG to Dubai, UAE via Beirut on MEA and must give this airline due credit for its on-time performance, spacious and comfortable cabins, a wonderful staff, and impeccable services. I would recommend this airline on any of the sectors that it flies.

Middle East Airlines review -by J Sanderson

1 May 2003

MEA is constantly striving to improve. Catering is good and seats and IFE on their new Airbus fleet promise to be far better than those found on other carriers operating in and out of Beirut. It's onboard duty free shopping service is very extensive. Beirut International Airport is a very modern, user friendly facility and MEA staff there are very polite and extremely efficient.

Middle East Airlines review -by Chris Khayat

11 March 2003

I've had the pleasure of flying MEA once a year from LHR to BEY since 1999. on my way to Beirut from Canada. I found the "atmosphere" and crew professionalism and friendliness second to none. The food served in Economy and in Front class is bountiful and delicious. As a seasoned traveller, I tend to have some apathy towards airlines in general but this was an experience I won't soon forget. Well done MEA. Keep up the good work.

Middle East Airlines review -by Wael Sabra

3 December 2002

In my opinion, MEA is the most convenient to Lebanon and the middle East. The Business Class, entitled Front Class, is as good as the Business Class of Emirates Airlines, and maybe even better, since more legroom is offered. I have once traveled with MEA from Dubai to Amman, and since then, I only travel with MEA. On the other hand, MEA gives you the opportunity to spend one night in Beirut, the capital that is really something!

Middle East Airlines review -by Tony Kasaypoulos

4 October 2002

I flew MEA from Dubai, Athens, and Paris to Beirut and must commend the airline on it's customer service. The business class section is very comfortable and inflight catering is wonderful. One thing that makes MEA one of the best airlines, is it's staff. They always have a smile on their faces and ready to help you at any moment. With the addition of new aircrafts to the fleet in 2003, this airline will have a lot more to give to it's customers.

Middle East Airlines review -by Britt Nilsen

31 July 2002

MEA's A321 is very spacious. When I was coming to Beirut from Frankfurt, I reserved the first seat in economy. You have so much space. The food was delicious, we had a choice of two hot meals. The nice thing about the service is that MEA offers stainless cutlery. On the way back to Frankfurt, the front seats were booked, but the seating was very comfortable - not as much as in the front. I think that MEA is a good airline, but it needs to modernize all its Business class and make them standard for all its fleet.

Middle East Airlines review -by Raffik Homsy

21 June 2002

I recently flew MEA from London to Beirut Economy and I found it to be excellent. The food was lovely and quite filling - legroom was superb. They only played one film though and I would prefer another on a 5 hour flight! BA flies small A320/321s on this route so I liked the spacious A310. The MEA cabin crew were extremely helpful and always smiled - the best thing about MEA is the atmosphere!!  When I went, everyone was chatting and making friends - unlike other airlines where they are quiet!

Middle East Airlines review -by Eric Legrand

20 May 2002

MEA's A310 are still very good airplanes - the business class from Paris to Beirut offers comfortable seats with personal video, - from Beirut to Dubai the A321 offers wide leather seats. The food is amazing and the connection time and facilities are very convenient. I think that MEA is offering very good connections between Europe and the Gulf/Middle East. 

Middle East Airlines review -by Imad Zaoude

10 May 2002

Want to fly to the Middle East from Europe? Try MEA! Great seats (economy and business), great meals, and the cabin crew is always at your service. The stewardess are fluent in English, French and Arabic and are very competent. Good job MEA, you make Lebanon proud!