Damascus opens airspace to Qatar Airways - It's Over 9000!

Damascus opens airspace to Qatar Airways

Baladi News

The Assad regime government has agreed to allow planes from regional aviation giant Qatar Airways to fly over the country after eight years of conflict kept its planes at bay.

"Transport Minister Ali Hammoud has agreed to allow Qatar Airways to cross Syrian airspace, based on a request from the Qatari civil aviation authority," the ministry said late Monday in a statement.

After war broke out in 2011 most airlines stopped flying over Syria , instead taking longer routes to circumvent the war zone.

"The agreement came on the principle of reciprocity, as SyrianAir crosses Qatari airspace and never stopped flying to Doha throughout the war," it said.

The use of Syrian airspace would see "increased revenues in hard currency for the benefit of the Syrian state", it added.

Qatar has traditionally supported the Syrian opposition, and suspended its ties with Damascus after the war broke out.

Source: Daily Mail Online.

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