| Airline: | Meridian Airways |
| Iata: | - |
| Icao: | MAG |
| Callsign: | MERID AIR |
| Founded: | 2003 (as Cargoplus Aviation) |
| Ceased: | 2015 |
| Headquarters: | Kotoka International Airport Accra, Ghana |
| Hubs: | Ostend-Brugge International Airport |
| Fleet Size: | 5 |
| Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20130901210043/http://www.meridianairways.com/// |
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 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.[1]
Meridian Airways Ltd. was banned from operating in the European Union.[2]
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.[3] [4]