Does MEA have 5th freedom rights ACC-ABJ? How to find out?
May 9, 2018, 4:06 pm
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Does MEA have 5th freedom rights ACC-ABJ? How to find out?
MEA have a really well timed flight ACC-ABJ (making a BEY-ACC-ABJ-BEY triangle) but the mea.lb website doesn't give me an option to buy it. Anyone know if they have FF rights for this route, or know where I can check, or am I SOL if the website doesn't want to sell it...
May 9, 2018, 11:59 pm
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https://www.mea.com.lb/contentfiles/...20180510085335
ME stopped doing the triangle flight, it's BEY-ACC-ABJ and BEY-LOS-ABJ and vv
No 5th freedom on either routes AFAIK.
EK and SA sell fares on the route though, with EK having a mid-day departure. Highly recommended over ME.
ME stopped doing the triangle flight, it's BEY-ACC-ABJ and BEY-LOS-ABJ and vv
No 5th freedom on either routes AFAIK.
EK and SA sell fares on the route though, with EK having a mid-day departure. Highly recommended over ME.
May 10, 2018, 1:54 am
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They don't have traffic rights for any of their intra-Africa sectors from Accra.
That said, MEA station managers have been known to issue non-revenue tickets to members of the local community that they are friendly with...
That said, MEA station managers have been known to issue non-revenue tickets to members of the local community that they are friendly with...
May 10, 2018, 2:07 am
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thanks both. I think the 'befriending a station manager' route, while being very African/Lebanese, is out for me, as I really need to get this planned a bit in advance. It was the early morning MEA flight which worked best for timings, I knew already about the EK and SA flights and will probably take the evening SA flight instead.