He Damascus airport It will resume international flights on January 7, two weeks after activity returned to the facility with domestic flights after the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime, official sources reported this Saturday.
“We announce the beginning of the reception of international flights to and from the International Airport Damascus from January 7, 2025,” said the president of the Civil Aviation and Air Transport Authority, Ashhad Al Sulaibi, to the official Syrian news agency, SANA.
“We assure the arab airlines and international that we are in the process of completely rehabilitating the airports of Aleppo and Damascus with the help of our partners so that they can receive flights from all over the world,” he indicated.
Al Sulaibi did not announce which airlines will return to the Damascus airportclosed for international flights since shortly before December 8, the day of Al Assad’s overthrow, although the Qatari company Qatar Airways announced a few days ago that it will operate weekly flights to the Syrian capital.
Jordanian Civil Aviation
- On the other hand, the president of the Regulatory Authority of the Jordanian Civil AviationHaitham Misto, assured this Saturday that they will send delegations to study “the technical and security situation and evaluate the risks associated with the restart of activity in the Damascus airport“reported the official Jordanian television, Al Mamlaka.
“There are operational requirements related to security of aviation that we will take into account to operate flights to Damascus airport“he added, emphasizing that “there can be no leniency in the safety requirements for the operation” of the flights.
