Emirates is about to reintroduce flights to Damascus from 16 July 2025. Operations have been suspended to the Syrian capital in 2012, and the go back of services and products practice a complete analysis along side the UAE GCAA.
The airline will to begin with get started with 3 weekly services and products on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday, with plans to make bigger to 4 weekly flights from 2 August* with an extra flight on Saturday. Emirates will make bigger its Damascus services and products to day-to-day operations, efficient 26 October *.
Emirates’ services and products to Damascus will perform with a 302-seater Boeing 777-200LR and is deliberate to leave Dubai as EK 913 at 1200hrs, arriving in Damascus Global Airport at 1410hrs native time. The go back flight, EK 914 will leave Damascus at 1630hrs, arriving in Dubai at 2030hrs native time.**
The flights will open up new alternatives for travellers to very easily hook up with and from the airline’s community of just about 150 locations and can beef up the UAE’s efforts to fortify bilateral ties and beef up Syrian aspirations to rebuild and draw in international funding throughout key sectors similar to power, building and agriculture.
Emirates shoppers flying to and from Damascus can even have the benefit of the airline’s codeshare partnership with flydubai, which is able to supplement its flight time table and supply extra choices and comfort when flying out and in of the Syrian capital.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Leader Govt, Emirates Airline and Crew mentioned: “Emirates is happy to restart operations to Damascus and beef up Syria’s street forward through offering better option and connectivity, crucial financial hyperlinks for inwards funding in addition to opening new industry lanes and world marketplace get admission to for the rustic. Re-establishing air commute and connectivity could also be excellent information for our shoppers that make up the expansive Syrian diaspora around the Americas, Europe and the GCC, who’re desperate to fly again house and reconnect to their roots, and leverage their wisdom, abilities, experience and assets in ongoing construction efforts.
We wish to thank the Syrian government for his or her beef up in strengthening connectivity between Dubai and Damascus and stay up for boosting hyperlinks to and from the rustic thru our frequently scheduled operations.”
The UAE and Syria’s industry volumes reached US $680 million (AED 2.5 billion) in 2024¹, a 23% building up over the former yr, and the brand new flights will additional stimulate important industry ties. The UAE’s thriving Syrian group of over 350,000 nationals² have performed an integral function within the UAE’s prosperity, contributing thru entrepreneurial ventures and professional experience whilst additional enriching the rustic’s colourful cultural tapestry.
The Boeing 777-200LR airplane working to and from Damascus options 38 Trade Magnificence seats along 264 seats in Economic system Magnificence. Emirates Trade Magnificence at the Damascus carrier will characteristic a 2-2-2 configuration. Travellers flying to and from Damascus with Emirates can revel in the most productive enjoy within the sky with an unrivaled culinary enjoy, together with Levantine impressed dishes complemented through a big selection of top class drinks. Consumers too can take a seat again and calm down with as much as 6,500 channels of in moderation curated leisure, together with with regards to 650 channels of Arabic content material, together with films, TV presentations, tune, podcasts, video games, audiobooks and extra with ice, Emirates’ award-winning inflight leisure gadget.
Emirates commenced services and products to Damascus in 1988, and previous to postponing operations in 2012 the airline carried over 2.1 million passengers out and in of Syria.
The airline recently flies to 13 towns within the Heart East/GCC, serving the area with a complete of 191 weekly flights.
