Damascus International Airport re-opens for first domestic flight following Assad's ouster

Record ID: 1890284

  • Title: Damascus International Airport re-opens for first domestic flight following Assad's ouster
  • Date: 18th December 2024
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (DECEMBER 18, 2024) (REUTERS) SYRIAN AIR PLANE ON TRAMAC AT DAMASCUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF IN FIRST DOMESTIC FLIGHT AFTER THE OUSTING OF SYRIA'S BASHAR AL-ASSAD SIGN ON PLANE READING (English): ‘SYRIAN AIR’ MAN RAISING THE FLAG ADOPTED BY THE NEW SYRIAN RULERS / SIGN READING (English): "DAMASCUS INT. AIRPORT" PLANE TAXIING AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) INTERNAL FLIGHTS DIRECTOR, SAAD KHEIR BEIK, SAYING: "The technical situation for Damascus International airport: all staff are ready to provide the services, the planes are ready and we are working on (resuming) international flights after we finish some operational procedures and some procedures that serves passengers and citizens.” PLANE TAXIING ON TRAMAC (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN PILOT OPERATING THE FIRST DOMESTIC FLIGHT TO ALEPPO, ALI OMAR RIDA, SAYING: "The readiness is excellent. We are fully ready. The international operation just (needs) some procedures but we are ready." RIDA WAVING FROM PLANE VARIOUS OF PLANE TAXIING, TAKING OFF AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER PLANE IN SKY
  • Embargoed: 1st January 2025 09:14
  • Keywords: Aleppo Damascus Syria airport
  • Location: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
  • City: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001792918122024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Syrian Air plane took off on Wednesday (December 18) from Damascus International Airport, bound for Aleppo, in the first domestic flight after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.
    "All staff are ready to provide the services, the planes are ready and we are working on (resuming) international flights after we finish some operational procedures," said director of internal flights at the airport Saad Kheir Beik.
    Assad was ousted on Dec. 8 by insurgent forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
    The world is carefully watching to see if Syria's new rulers can stabilise the country and avoid unleashing violent revenge, after a 13-year civil war fought along sectarian and ethnic lines.
    (Production: Yosri AlJamal, Mahmoud Hassano, Kinda Makieh)
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