Damascus - Getting Around - Air

Airlines offering flights to Damascus from the UK include bmi, Syrian Air, Emirates, Air France and Iberia. Cheap flights to Damascus are hard to get so book well ahead. Flights to Damascus take about five hours from London.

Damascus International Airport (DAM)
Tel: (011)4443400.

The airport is located 30km (18 miles) south of Damascus.

Airport facilities
Facilities in arrivals include a tourist information office, car hire, internet access, a 24-hour currency exchange office, ATM and bar. In departures there is car hire, currency exchange offices, internet access, ATM, restaurant and shops and a business lounge. The airport is currently undergoing much-needed renovations in both arrivals and departures. The government is also building an extension, but it is unclear when construction will be complete.

Transport to the city
The airport is connected to the city by a dual carriageway, so it takes around 30 minutes to get into town. A regular airport bus leaves every 30 minutes from roughly 0600-2300 to the stop outside the Kairawan Hotel on Sharia al-Ittihad in the city centre. Fixed-price yellow taxis wait outside the terminal and the price is the same whether you hail one directly or buy a taxi ticket inside the airport.