US EditionTurkish Airlines will resume flights to Damascus, officials say after visit by Syria’s new rulers
- Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade, as officials said on Wednesday following a visit by a delegation of Syria’s new, Turkey-backed rulers.
- Bilal Eksi, the CEO of Turkey’s national carrier, announced there would be three flights a week starting on Jan. 23.
- Turkey previously announced it would reopen its embassy in Damascus after a 12-year closure.
- Officials stated that if sanctions are lifted, the normalization process will accelerate, enabling millions of Syrians to return to their country.
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Royal Jordanian (RJ) has announced it will resume direct flights to Damascus later in January, ending a 13-year suspension of flights to the Syrian capital. The national carrier will be among the first airlines to resume direct flights to Damascus, operating four weekly flights and connecting the Syrian capital to over 45 destinations in Europe, America, the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf. RJ CEO Samer Majali expressed gratitude to the governm…
Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Damascus on 23 January
Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade, officials said Wednesday following a visit by a delegation of Syria’s new, Turkey-backed rulers. The CEO of Turkey’s national carrier, Bilal Eksi, said there would be three flights a week, starting on 23 January. “We are returning to Damascus,” Eksi said in a post on the social media platform X. His announcement followed a visit earlier in …
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