British Mediterranean Airways, the carrier offering daily service between Beirut and London Heathrow, has added two new destinations to their schedule this year and just resumed flying to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. Although attracting less media attention than its larger partner, British Airways, commands BMED has interesting stories to tell and things to celebrate. On reaching the corporate milestone of accomplishing 10 years of operations, BMED CEO Des Hetherington came to Beirut. Executive talked to him about the airline’s experience with the Lebanese market and its performance in a time that brings many challenges to the air transport business. Why did you choose Beirut to stage a birthday bash on your 10th anniversary? The 10th anniversary is a significant anniversary in any industry and particularly the airline industry, and of course Beirut is our spiritual home because that’s where it all started. How was BMED performing over the last 18 months
