Review of Middle East Airlines flight from Beirut to London in Business

MEA

ME - Middle East Airlines

Flight taken on 18 September 2014
ME203
17:25 05h 05m 20:30
Model Airbus A320
Class Business
Seat 6F
PilotEchoMike
6,902 · 56 · 2 · 0

Hello everyone this is cedarjet203 today, inbound for London from Beirut.
I am a private pilot so everything will be explained in Details.
The flight date was scheduled on the 18th of September 2014.
As I am studying in London Aviation Management, this aircraft was my ride to London.
Let's get back to the 18th of September:
It's 2:30PM and here I am in Beirut Airport. In line with the airport regulations, I avoided taking pictures in the terminal, but did take some snaps in the CedarLounge.
I took my boarding pass and choose my seat 6F which is the last seat in CedarClass in MEA's A320-200. ( 24 seats in Cedar Class and 102 in Economy). Aircraft expected today was OD-MRN which was correct, it arrived 1hour before my flight all the way from Brussels, we had a 15 mins delay departing. GATE 9
Here I am now in the Cedar Lounge:


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And from there, enjoying the view:


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After that it's time to head to the aircraft:


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And as soon as I boarded, after the usual welcome : Welcome Captain Mattar


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This was the welcome champagne:


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Very nice touch from MEA:


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As soon as we took off the menu was distributed and the drinks were distributed ( before takeoff the cabin crew asked each passenger what drink they wanted to have)
Note the forks,spoons and knives are plastic, in line with the UK airports law:


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Starters:


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Very delicious Scottish salmon with limes, a freshening salad, lebanese sweets and finally the hot dish is given (Chicken Frieke a lebanese dish ) :


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As soon as the platter was taken away, the cheese and desert were distributed ( Also a la carte):


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Last picture in-flight:


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After Landing, I headed to Renaissance Hotel, which was facing heathrow airport. This is the room and note the Al-Rifai nuts. ( THE BEST)


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Product ratings

Airline

Middle East Airlines 9.6

  • Cabin10.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew10.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi8.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering10.0 / 10
Lounge

Cedar Lounge9.5

  • Comfort10.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering9.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi9.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
Departure airport

Beirut - BEY9.9

  • Efficiency10.0 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness9.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

London - LHR10.0

  • Efficiency10.0 / 10
  • Access10.0 / 10
  • Services10.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness10.0 / 10

Conclusion

The Flight was AMAZING as usual by MEA.
As a pilot, the flight was really well and professionally handled by the crew on board.
Food was succulent.
Took off 25 minutes late and arrived 1 minute late (Thanks to the winds)
I recommend MEA all time!

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Comments (2)

  • Thank you for this FR! Nice to see more MEA love, looking forward to more reports! I am a fellow Lebanese as well :)

    • Anytime ! Today I have a flight back to beirut on ME204 I will submit everything on Monday as I will also have ME203 on Sunday. 2 posts next week ;) I will also submit Milano's today

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