Damascus is an important place in Syria and attracts quite a large number of tourists every year. There are several
flights to Damascus that operate on national as well as on international level. There are some other domestic airports in Syria, which have numerous connecting
flights to Damascus. The major airlines that operate their flights to Damascus are as follows:
- Syrian Arab Airlines
- Gulf Air
- Air Arabia
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Jazeera Airways
- Egyptair
- Emirates
- Turkish Airlines
- Alitalia
- Kuwait Airways
- Iran Air
- Royal Jordanian
- Qatar Airways
- Austrian
- Air France
- Malev Hungarian Airlines
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines
- Air Alge
- Yemenia Yemen Airways
- Sudan Airways
- British Airways
- Jordan Aviation Airlines
- Etihad Airways
There are many domestic Damascus flights and most of these are cheap flights to Damascus. The domestic flights to Damascus are from Latakia, Aleppo and Kameshii. Majority of the flights are operated by Syrian Arab Airlines.
Apart from the domestic flights, there are several international flights to Damascus. The destinations from where these flights reach Damascus are Jeddah, Dubai, Bahrain, Sharjah, Amman, Vienna, Riyadh, Moscow, Kuwait, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi, London, Dammam, Caracas, Tehran, Madinah, Doha, Benghazi, Khartoum, Cairo, Paris, Istanbul, Madrid, Bucharest, Athens, Beirut, Marseille, Paris, Manchester, Copenhagen and Munich. Most of these flights are operated by Syrian Arab Airlines, Iran Air, Turkish Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Air France, British Airways, Egyptair, Yemenia Yemen Airways, Sudan Airways, Kuwait Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines and many more.
Damascus is located at latitude 33º30’00” north and longitude 36º17’60” east. There are several places of tourist attraction in the city. Some of the interesting places in Damascus are as follows:
- Takiyya as-Süleimaniyya
- Souq al-Hamidiyya.
- Museum of the Arts & Popular Traditions of Syria
- Azem Palace
- National Museum of Damascus
- Saladin's Mausoleum
- Omayyad Mosque
