Middle East Airline plane flying over smoke from an Israeli missile strike in Beirut's Southern Suburb. (Credit: Moe Yassin/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — “The most badass airline on the planet.” This is how Middle East Airlines was described by War Monitor on X, in a post that included a photo of an MEA plane flying past a cloud of smoke rising from the site of an Israeli bombing on the capital’s southern suburbs. Long criticized for the quality of its services, its excessively high prices, and even accusations of clientelism, the national airline now embodies “the spirit of a people,” said journalist Rania Abouzeid in another post on X. And today, many Lebanese are praising the pilots’ and cabin crews’ courage as they take off and land amid nightly Israeli airstrikes against the neighborhood that lies less than a kilometer from the airport.Against the backdrop of Israel’s heavy bombardment across Lebanese territories, foreign airlines have all suspended their flights via...
BEIRUT — “The most badass airline on the planet.” This is how Middle East Airlines was described by War Monitor on X, in a post that included a photo of an MEA plane flying past a cloud of smoke rising from the site of an Israeli bombing on the capital’s southern suburbs. Long criticized for the quality of its services, its excessively high prices, and even accusations of clientelism, the national airline now embodies “the spirit of a people,” said journalist Rania Abouzeid in another post on X. And today, many Lebanese are praising the pilots’ and cabin crews’ courage as they take off and land amid nightly Israeli airstrikes against the neighborhood that lies less than a kilometer from the airport.Against the backdrop of Israel’s heavy bombardment across Lebanese territories, foreign airlines have all suspended their...
