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MarketsEkonomimTurkish, translatedFiled 12 h ago

Flights from TAV Izmir Airport to Damascus have begun

Original headlineTAV İzmir Havalimanı’ndan Şam’a uçuşlar başladı

Open the sourceReported by Ekonomim, ekonomim.com, 14 November 2026

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TAV Havalimanları has launched direct flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, which it operates, to Damascus via SunExpress, restoring a direct link between Turkey’s Aegean region and the Syrian capital. Flights will run twice weekly in each direction—İzmir to Damascus on Wednesdays and Fridays, and Damascus to İzmir on Thursdays and Saturdays. The route adds capacity on a corridor that had seen limited connectivity, and it extends TAV’s network reach through one of its key Turkish gateways. Watch for load factors and any frequency increases as demand for Syria travel and reconstruction-related traffic develops.

Muhabbit's AI wrote this summary in its own words from Ekonomim's report and translated it from Turkish. It can get details wrong, so check the source.

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SunExpress, TAV Havalimanları, İzmir Adnan Menderes Havalimanı, Şam, İzmir