Syria's aviation authority grants Flydar Airlines an operating certificate
Flydar Airlines has received an air operator certificate from Syria's civil aviation authority, according to state media and the company, making it the first private carrier licensed since the fall of the Assad government. Few details about its fleet, schedule or destinations have been released.
Syria's civil aviation authority has granted Flydar Airlines an air operator certificate, according to the state news agency Sana and posts by Flydar Aviation on social media. Issued on 24 September, it makes the carrier the first private airline licensed in the country since the Assad government fell.
Much about the airline remains unstated. On its website, Flydar describes extensive experience in business aviation and says it is opening a new chapter as a low-cost carrier. No launch date has been given, and no destinations have been named.
The fleet is also unclear. An airline normally needs at least one aircraft to obtain an air operator certificate. Flydar published a photograph of a Boeing 737-800 on its Instagram account the previous week, but how much that image indicates about its fleet planning is not known.
Sources
- aerotelegraph.comFlydar Airlines soll Syriens erste neue Fluglinie seit Assad-Sturz werden - doch vieles ist noch unklar