Emirates to Resume Service Between Dubai and Damascus
- Joe Breitfeller
- 2 days ago
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Starting July 16, 2025, Emirates will reintroduce service between Dubai and Damascus, Syria for the first time since 2012. Initially, the route will operate three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, increasing to daily service by October 26, 2025.
On Monday (June 2, 2025), Emirates announced that they will reintroduce service between Dubai and Damascus for the first time since 2012. Starting July 16th, the route will operate three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, with a fourth Saturday flight to be added from August 2nd. The carrier plans on expanding frequencies on the route to daily effective October 26, 2025. The Dubai-Damascus route will be operated with a 302-seat Boeing 777-200LR. Emirates flight EK 913 will depart Dubai at 12:00, arriving in Damascus at 14:10, while the return flight, EK 914, will depart Damascus at 16:30, arriving back in Dubai at 20:30 (all times local).
In Monday’s announcement, Emirates Airline and Group’s Chairman and CEO, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said,
“Emirates is pleased to restart operations to Damascus and support Syria’s road ahead by providing better choice and connectivity, essential economic links for inwards investment as well as opening new trade lanes and global market access for the country. Re-establishing air travel and connectivity is also good news for our customers that make up the expansive Syrian diaspora across the Americas, Europe and the GCC, who are eager to fly back home and reconnect to their roots, and leverage their knowledge, skills, expertise and resources in ongoing development efforts.
We would like to thank the Syrian authorities for their support in strengthening connectivity between Dubai and Damascus and look forward to boosting links to and from the country through our regularly scheduled operations.”
Inbound customers to Dubai will also enjoy seamless one stop connectivity to Emirates’ expansive network covering nearly 150 destinations worldwide. Emirates customers flying to/from Damascus will also benefit from the carrier’s codeshare partnership with flydubai, providing even more convenient options when flying in and out of the Syrian capital. Emirates' Boeing 777-200LR features 38 Business Class seats in a 2-2-2 configuration, and 264 comfortable Economy Class seats. Guests will enjoy an elevated onboard culinary experience, including Levantine inspired dishes, complemented by a wide selection of premium beverages. Customers can also enjoy up to 6,500 channels of curated entertainment content on Emirates award-winning ‘ice’ IFE system, including nearly 650 channels of Arabic content.
Source: Emirates
