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Meridian Airways

Belgian airline

Meridian Airways was a Ghanaian registered cargo airline (with an Air Operator Certificate Number of AOC 023) with its head office in Accra International Airport, Accra, and served as its main hub at Ostend-Brugge International Airport in Belgium.2 It ceased to exist in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1

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Photo: Maarten Visser from Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Meridian Airways was a Ghanaian registered cargo airline (with an Air Operator Certificate Number of AOC 023) with its head office in Accra International Airport, Accra, and served as its main hub at Ostend-Brugge International Airport in Belgium.2

The story

The company started operations as Cargoplus Aviation in 2003, changing its name to Air Charter Express in 2007 while operating a Douglas DC-8-63AF. Operated 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.

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 and ceased all the operations in 2015.

From Wikipedia’s article on Meridian Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2015Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2007Founded Founded1

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