Damascus International Airport to resume operations soon - airport director

Record ID: 1889280

  • Title: Damascus International Airport to resume operations soon - airport director
  • Date: 14th December 2024
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (DECEMBER 14, 2024) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLANES ON TARMAC AIRPORT STAFF BY PLANES DIRECTOR OF DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ANIS FALLOUH, CHECKING PASSPORT CONTROL CHECKPOINTS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DIRECTOR OF DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ANIS FALLOUH, SAYING: "At the beginning the airport was damaged and closed on December 8. We did the maintenance. Our airspace was opened on December 12 at 22:00 local time, and we only provided our airspace for passage of the planes. Soon the flights will be allowed to land and depart. We may experiment with flights to Aleppo airport and later to other airports." VARIOUS OF STAFF CHECKING PLANES SYRIAN ENGINEER, ISMAIL NASHAWATI, CHECKING PLANE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN ENGINEER, ISMAIL NASHAWATI, SAYING: "These two planes are hundred percent ready to fly, but we are waiting for the aerial operations and the damages to airport to be fixed." VARIOUS OF DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SIGN READING (ARABIC/ENGLISH) 'PASSPORTS' STAFF AT AIRPORT
  • Embargoed: 28th December 2024 13:07
  • Keywords: Damascus Syria airport
  • Location: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
  • City: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001716414122024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Employees were preparing Damascus International Airport on Saturday (December 14) to resume operations after the airport has been closed on December 8 following the fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
    Director of Damascus International Airport, Anis Fallouh, said Syrian airspace has already been opened for safe passage, and that the airport would soon be ready to receive flights normally.
    (Production: Yosri AlJamal, Firas Makdesi, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh)
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