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Iraqi minister’s son misses flight, prevents plane from landing
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A passenger plane flying from #Lebanon to #Iraq on Thursday turned back after the Iraqi transport minister’s son missed the flight and phoned Baghdad to stop the aircraft from landing, Middle East Airlines (MEA) said. Marwan Salha, acting chairman of MEA, told Reuters the flight, scheduled to leave at 12:40 pm, had been delayed for six minutes while MEA staff looked for Mahdi al-Amiri, son of Hadi al-Amiri, and his friend in the business lounge. read more

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Lebanon’s MEA tells pilots to end strike or face sack
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Lebanese flag carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) on Thursday warned striking pilots that they faced dismissal unless they go back to work.

“The company is going to begin implementing legal measures to dismiss pilots who don’t show up to work,” MEA chairman Mohammed Hout told AFP.

The pilots were due to end a 48-hour strike over the dismissal of a cancer-stricken colleague on Wednesday evening but decided to prolong their action after the company withdrew five days worth of wages.

MEA also sent a warning letter to each striking pilot threatening dismissal.

AFP: Lebanon pilots call strike over cancer colleague
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Pilots at Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), on Monday overwhelmingly voted in favour of a 48-hour strike in protest at the dismissal of a colleague undergoing cancer treatment.
Captain Fadi Khalil, head of the pilots’ union, told AFP that the work stoppage from 2000 GMT on Monday to 2000 GMT Wednesday covered all flights.

“We have a colleague, a captain who has served MEA for 38 years, and as soon as he went on sick leave, they terminated his contract,” Khalil said.

Air France-KLM : MEA - Air Liban va rejoindre SkyTeam. - Yahoo ! France Finance
►http://fr.finance.yahoo.com/actualites/Air-France-KLM-MEA-Air-Liban-cercle-3805614760.html?x=0

Air France-KLM étoffe la présence de SkyTeam au Moyen Orient. Elle annonce que la compagnie aérienne nationale libanaise, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban (MEA), signera le 28 février prochain l’accord par lequel elle rejoindra l’alliance commerciale à compter de 2012.

Je ne sais pas bien ce que ça change, puisque c’est déjà régulièrement Air France qui opère sur les vols de la Middle East.

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