Posted By
Najib
Sep 19, 2017 10:47
Lebanese President Michel Aoun headed to New York on Monday to take part in the UN General Assembly Annual meeting. The president's flight was a ME001 non-stop presidential flight to New York JFK airport. Lebanese Plane Spotters tracked down the plane and even got an awesome shot of the MEA plane landing in JFK, which is unfortunately not very common since there's an active ban on Lebanese carriers in the US & Canada. It will…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 04, 2017 06:56
I had a flight today at 8:30AM so I got to the airport at 5:10AM to be on the safe side, especially after seeing what happened last week. Unfortunately, it was chaotic to say the least and we only got to the boarding gate at 8:35AM! It's a good thing the flight got delayed otherwise we wouldn't have made it. Starting with the traffic, there was the usual traffic at the army's checkpoint before the…
Fun
7 years ago
I don’t want to be the party-pooper here but people singing and dancing during a flight is probably the worst thing after turbulence. I’m never comfortable when I fly or even when I used to ...
Travel
7 years ago
A Wings of Lebanon charter plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Larnaca airport in Cyprus after the pilot’s windshield cracked in mid-flight at 37,000ft. The company eventually rented a MEA airplane to ...
Fun
7 years ago
A Lebanese man chose to propose to his girlfriend on board of a MEA plane heading to Armenia. Someone filmed the whole thing and the Middle East Airlines offered the young couple free tickets to ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Qatar issued a memo yesterday adding Lebanon to its list of countries whose citizens are exempt from visa requirement. The memo issued by Qatar’s Airport Passports Departments stated that tourist visas will be granted instantly ...
Fun
7 years ago
Update [July 11 2017]: Duncan Bureau from Air Canada tweeted that the request for a direct flight between Montreal and Beirut got refused by the Federal Government of Canada. There are ongoing talks between the ...
Critiques
7 years ago
George Saad, a Lebanese professor at the American University of Beirut, was “wrongfully denied entry to the US because of new “extreme vetting” measures”, according to the New York Post. When he landed Friday, Saad ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
Middle East Airlines is organizing its first digital networking event this year in Sharm el Sheikh and I’m gladly taking part in it and taking my wife and kid with me as well. There are ...
Lifestyle
7 years ago
Hello, this is Zahi, Najib’s brother and this is my first post on the blog. I moved to the US few years ago and I am currently residing in Portland with my wife and 3 ...
