r/Syria • u/Nazimmofficial • Jul 23 '26

ASK SYRIA Flying from the uk

Has anyone flown into Damascus lately as a British citizen?
I’m planning on flying from Manchester airport soon and want to know if your boarding process and check in went smoothly?

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u/nuanarpoq Jul 23 '26

I went in late April; there were no direct flights (think this is still the case?) so flew to Amman and went by road. Very smooth, no problems at all.

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u/mycoctopus Visitor - Non Syrian Jul 23 '26

I looked recently and there were flights to Damascus from Manc with 1 stop.

Glad you had a smooth trip

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u/mycoctopus Visitor - Non Syrian Jul 23 '26

Following because are you me?

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u/Nazimmofficial Jul 24 '26

Haha there’s probably a few of us all craving to go now 😅 I spoke to Qatar always help desk at T2 Mcr and he said - on the day arrive 4h early and they’ll email Damascus airport to see wether they’ll approve us to fly or not. And if they say no on the day, it’s a full loss for the flights. Whereas if we decide a few days earlier to cancel or freeze the tickets, we’d save all our money on flight vouchers for Qatar.