Syrian Air

Syrian Airways was formed in 1946 and started operations in Jun1947. Financial difficulties caused the suspension of services in 1948, but after receiving government support operations were resumed in 1951. In Feb1958, Syria and Egypt decided to unite under the leadership of president Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the two countries became provinces of the United Arab Republic (UAR). The merger between Syrian Airways and Misrair, the state-owned airlines of Syria and Egypt came as a consequence of this political union. The airlines merged on 25Dec1958, to form United Arab Airlines (UAA). The union between Egypt and Syria ended on 26Sep1961, amidst tensions between the leaderships of the two provinces of the UAR. The Syrian Arab Republic was declared in Syria, while Egypt chose to continue to carry the title of UAR for a few more years. Syrian Arab Airlines (S.A.A.L.) were founded in Oct1961 in order to take over UAA’s operations in Syria and to become the new national airline. The “SyrianAir” acronym was officially adopted on 11/Nov/1975. On 09/Jan/2020, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a legislative decree to change the name from Syrian Arab Airlines to Syrian Airlines. On 23Jul2012, as the Syrian Civil War continued, the European Union imposed a new wave of sanctions on Syria, which included sanctions on SyrianAir. The sanctions meant that the airline cannot conduct flights to the EU, or buy any new aircraft which contain European parts
< flag carrier airline of Syria that operates scheduled international services to several destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa >

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