Which Nakhal group owned airline is based at an airport located located 9 km from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon?
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (Arabic: مطار بيروت رفيق الحريري الدولي‎ ‎ , "Maṭār Bayrūt Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī ad-Dwaliyy") (French: "Aéroport international de Beyrouth" ) (IATA: BEY, ICAO: OLBA ), formerly Beirut International Airport, is located 9 km from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, and is the only operational commercial airport in the country. It is the hub for Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (more commonly known as "MEA"). It is also the hub for the Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airways (more commonly known as "TMA Cargo"), as well as the charter carriers Med Airways and Wings of Lebanon.
Lebanese International Airways Lebanese International Airways was a Lebanese airline based in Beirut. Formed with help from Pan Am, it began scheduled flights in January 1956, and by 1958 had expanded its network through agreements with Sabena of Belgium. 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. The airline was taken over by Middle East Airlines Air Liban.