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MERID AIR

Founded
  
2007

Fleet size
  
5

Headquarters
  
Accra, Ghana

Ceased operations
  
2015

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Hubs
  
Ostend-Brugge International Airport

Hub
  
Ostend-Bruges International Airport

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Meridian Airways was a Ghanaian registered cargo airline (with an Air Operator Certificate Number of AOC 023) with its head office in Kotoka International Airport, Accra, and served as its main hub at Ostend-Brugge International Airport in Belgium. The company started operations as Air Charter Express in 2007 with a Douglas DC-8-63/AF. Operating two DC-8s on cargo charter flights from Ostend Airport to the Middle East. The airline also operated charter flights for the British Ministry of Defence from RAF Lyneham.

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Two additional DC-8-63F's arrived at Ostend Airport (EBOS) with Meridian Air colours. During 2009, Air Charter Express was renamed to Meridian Airways.

Meridian Airways Ltd. was banned from operating in the European Union.

In January 2010, Meridian Airways operated a series of flights from East Midlands Airport to Port-au-Prince in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

In 2014, Meridian's fleet of DC-8's were among all planes of that type grounded by the Ghana government.

Meridian has ceased operations.

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Fleet

  • 5 × Douglas DC-8-63F
  • 9G-AXA, 9G-AXB, 9G-AXC, 9G-AXD, 9G-AXE

    References

    Meridian Airways Wikipedia