lebanese, international, airways, lebanese, airline, based, beirut, formed, with, help, from, began, scheduled, flights, january, 1956, 1958, expanded, network, through, agreements, with, sabena, belgium, 1960s, destinations, included, tehran, kuwait, city, ba. Lebanese International Airways was a Lebanese airline based in Beirut 1 Formed with help from Pan Am 2 it began scheduled flights in January 1956 and by 1958 had expanded its network through agreements with Sabena of Belgium 1 By the mid 1960s LIA s destinations included Tehran Kuwait City Baghdad Bahrain Paris and Milan Operations ceased in January 1969 after most of its fleet was destroyed by an Israeli military raid on Beirut International Airport 3 The airline was taken over by Middle East Airlines Air Liban 2 Fleet editAircraft operated by LIA included 4 Convair 990 Curtiss C 46 Commando Douglas DC 3 C 47 Douglas DC 4 Douglas DC 6 Douglas DC 7References edit a b Lebanese International Airways Al Mashriq Retrieved 5 September 2014 a b Profile for Lebanese International Airways Aero Transport Retrieved 5 September 2014 ASN Aviation Safety Database Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 29 May 2007 rzjets net Retrieved 18 December 2013 External links editPhoto of LIA Convair Coronado List of Lebanese airlines nbsp Aviation portal nbsp Lebanon portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lebanese International Airways amp oldid 974328746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
