Copenhagen flights are scheduled to start today and Vienna tomorrow, giving Syria's national carrier three direct routes to Europe. What is confirmed, what the tickets cost, and what is still unknown.
Syria’s national carrier is scheduled to fly direct from Damascus to Copenhagen today, Monday 21 September, with Vienna following on Tuesday 22 September. The two routes were announced on 25 August by Omar al-Hosari, head of Syria’s General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport, and the launch dates were confirmed in the days before the first flights.
Copenhagen and Vienna join Amsterdam, which Syrian Airlines began serving on 2 July. That route was the first regular direct link between Syria and Europe in years, and with these two additions the airline now has three direct European destinations.
According to fares published by the airline, a one-way ticket costs $310 from Damascus to Vienna and $340 in the other direction. The Copenhagen route is priced at $350 each way.
How often the flights will run has not been published. Neither the aviation authority nor the airline has announced a weekly frequency, so treat 21 and 22 September as start dates rather than a fixed timetable.
Until now, most people travelling between Scandinavia or Central Europe and Damascus have had to connect through Istanbul, Amman or a Gulf hub. A direct flight removes that stop, which shortens the journey and often lowers the cost. Al-Hosari said that was the point: fewer transit stops and cheaper travel, particularly for the many Syrians who live in Europe.
The new routes cap a busy few months for Damascus International Airport, which returned to regular service in April after disruption linked to tensions across the region. Since then, links have been restored one at a time:
Foreign airlines are coming back as well. Carriers now serving Damascus include Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Royal Jordanian, flynas, Jazeera Airways and Etihad, alongside Syrian Airlines and the private Syrian carrier Fly Cham. As of August, 16 airlines were flying to Damascus from 18 airports, though there are still no direct flights from North America or East Asia.
Al-Hosari has said the authority is working on two fronts at once: growing the national carrier’s network and persuading Arab and foreign airlines to serve Syrian airports. More destinations, he said, will be announced in the coming months.
We will update this article once the first flights on both routes have operated and a weekly schedule is published.
Flight schedules into Syria have changed at short notice over the past two years, and regional tensions disrupted Damascus airport as recently as spring 2026. Confirm the current timetable directly with Syrian Airlines before booking anything non-refundable, and check your own government's travel advice, which in many countries still advises against travel to Syria.
21 September 2026: This article has been rewritten in full. An earlier version was published before the routes were confirmed, did not name them, and referred to sources we could not verify. It now names both routes and cites every source.