A spokesperson for Fly & More Travel, a Dubai travel agent for Cham Wings Airlines, confirmed the news. “For now, there are no flights. We are awaiting further information from our company regarding the resumption of services,” the spokesperson told The National on Sunday morning.
Online information from Dubai International Airport, shows that Cham Wings’s flight number RB517 scheduled to land in Dubai at 6.40pm on Sunday from Damascus is cancelled.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 corroborates news of the airport’s closure, with the latest data showing no aircraft landing or departing from Damascus. AFP has reported that Syrian military and security forces had left Damascus airport.
Footage shared on social media on Sunday appeared to show travellers hurrying through security checkpoints and running towards departure gates at the airport before flights were grounded.
On Sunday, Syria’s Sham FM radio reported that the airport in the capital city had been evacuated and all flights halted after the city fell to rebel forces overnight.
A spokesperson for Fly & More Travel, a Dubai travel agent for Cham Wings Airlines, confirmed the news. “For now, there are no flights. We are awaiting further information from our company regarding the resumption of services,” the spokesperson told The National on Sunday morning.
Online information from Dubai International Airport, shows that Cham Wings’s flight number RB517 scheduled to land in Dubai at 6.40pm on Sunday from Damascus is cancelled.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 corroborates news of the airport’s closure, with the latest data showing no aircraft landing or departing from Damascus. AFP has reported that Syrian military and security forces had left Damascus airport.
Footage shared on social media on Sunday appeared to show travellers hurrying through security checkpoints and running towards departure gates at the airport before flights were grounded.
