LONDON: Kuwait Airways will resume direct flights between Damascus, capital of the Syrian Arab Republic, and Kuwait City on July 15, the first time in 14 years it has offered the route.
The Syrian Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday the move was part of efforts to enhance air connectivity between Syria, the Middle East and beyond, and provide travelers with more options, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
It follows the first flight to Syria by Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways, which landed last Thursday at Aleppo International, the country’s second-largest airport after Damascus, carrying 148 passengers.
At least 12 airlines have gradually resumed flights to and from Damascus and Aleppo since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, which ended almost 14 years of civil war. They include major Arab-operated airlines such as Saudi Arabia’s flynas and Flyadeal, Qatar Airways, the UAE’s Etihad Airways, Royal Jordanian, and Libya’s Afriqiyah Airways.
On Thursday, Syrian Airlines will operate its first flight from Damascus to Amsterdam. Flights between Syria and all European cities, except Moscow, were suspended during the war.
