Located in a politically turbulent region of the planet, the Syrian Arab Republic is the cradle of one of the oldest civilizations on earth. Its history begins several millennia before the new era. Torn apart by the civil war, the country will not be an important and popular tourist destination for a long time, although it has something to show the curious traveler interested in the history and culture of human civilization. Today, not only civilian, but also military aircraft land at the airports of Syria, however, the hope that ordinary tourists will someday descend to the ground in Aleppo and Damascus still remains.
Syria International Airports
Syria's three international air harbors are located in different regions of the country:
- The capital's Damascus airport, before the outbreak of the war, served more than five million passengers annually. Emirates, British Airways, Royal Jordanian, Egypt Air and several other airlines flew here, which, with the outbreak of the war in 2012, stopped flights with Syria.
- Aleppo Air Port received and dispatched up to two million passengers every year. It is the second after the capital's hub for the local air carrier Syrian Air, and the last renovation in 1999 made it one of the most advanced airports in the region. The city in which the airport is located is included in the list of the oldest permanently inhabited in the world, and its significant place in history is determined by the fact that it was located on the Great Silk Road. Today, only the boards of the national carrier, which makes periodic flights from Damascus, land at this airport in Syria.
- Bassel-Al-Assad International Airport in the west of the country served the main seaport of Syria, Latakia. From here, flights were made to the capital and major cities of the Middle East - Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Sharjah and to the capital of the country Damascus.
Metropolitan direction
Syria's international airport in Damascus was built in the mid-70s of the last century and was the busiest in the country. Its infrastructure includes two duty-free shops, several cafes and souvenir shops, three restaurants and a lounge for business class passengers.
The list of airlines that continue to fly to Damascus airport, despite the martial law, is very small. Al-Naser Airlines, Caspian Airlines, Cham Wings Airlines, Iran Air, Iran Aseman Airlines and Kish Air land here. The local air carrier continues to carry passengers to Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Baghdad, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tehran and Doha, but these flights are not always scheduled.
