Syria Air to Resume Beirut-Aleppo Flights after a 9-Year Suspension

Syria Air will resume flights between Beirut and Aleppo twice a week starting Dec. 23, nine years after it suspended its operations between the two cities, the company’s representative in Beirut, Rashed al-Attar, said on Friday.

The National News Agency quoted al-Attar as saying that the Beirut-Aleppo line will consolidate economic, trade, tourism and investment ties between Syria and Lebanon.

The flights had been suspended in 2002 but will now resume each Monday and Friday starting Dec. 23, he said.

Asked if any possible no-fly zone imposed on Syria could affect the flights of Syria Air from Beirut, al-Attar said: “We haven’t been informed about any measure that would prevent us from operating from Rafik Hariri International Airport.”

The reservations made by travelers seeking to head to Aleppo are a sign that the service will be active, he added.

Al-Attar also unveiled that the company’s management is seeking to introduce long distance flights to its schedule. But it will announce its plans at a later stage.