Canberra From Denmark, joined Apr 2004, 310 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (8 years 11 months 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1589 times:
Slightly off topic.....
I was surprised to see that there is only 1 weekly flight between Beirut and Aleppo, apparently Syrians Brussels flight making a stop in both BEY and ALP on the way back to DAM, and no direct flights the other way, anyone know if there are other flights not uploaded to Amadeus?
Also BEY to DAM is only flown 3-5 times weekly, doesn't really give a lot of flexibility. Would be good with a regional carrier in that area I think.
/Michael
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Sleak76 From Kuwait, joined Nov 2000, 345 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (8 years 11 months 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1570 times:
Hiya all
what I read in the local papers here is that, after the initial launch of flights between Syria and Lebanon, this this 'air taxi' link also plans to connect the two countries with cities in: Tukey, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq.
The British consulting company also predicted that in the first year, the air taxi would carry 170,ooo pax, increasing to 500,000 pax by it's fifth year (part of their feasability study figures).
The newspaper then states that the purpose of the two companies for establishing this air taxi (with the participation of the private sector) is to utilize BEY's open sky policies to it's full potential (by using BEY's air connection with Europe) and to also help invigorate both pax and cargo movement between the two countries by establishing such a regular non-stop flights between the two countries. They also plan to use an airport called 'elMazzah' (??) which is close to the city of Damascus, which is planned to open in March 2005.
The report then states that the feasability study forecasts profit to be realized from its second year of opeartions - reaching a potential profit of between 4-6 million USD.
Says the it'll be 50/50 shares by the two countries (and each country can determine how much of their 50 percent share will be given over to the private sector to own). Subscriptions to the shares of this new airline will be announced shortly.
Just included the info from the article that wasn't included in the posts above. The rest of the article pretty much covered what BA already posted above.
Ts-ior From Tunisia, joined Oct 2001, 3306 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (8 years 11 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1537 times:
This is a great news for the Arab airline scene. How long does the BEY-DAM flight last ? 45 minutes ? I wonder if a similar shuttle could be established between some North African airports...
BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11141 posts, RR: 61 Reply 7, posted (8 years 11 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1527 times:
Thanks Sleak76 for the information.
Any idea what aircraft they are planning on buying or leasing and what will be the name of this airline?
Canberra,
Those flights to ALP and DAM are simply meant to pick up or drop off passengers in Beirut. As you stated, the Aleppo flight actually operates Damascus - Aleppo - Beirut - Brussels - Beirut - Aleppo - Damascus.
They have another flight that operates Damascus - Beirut - Tunis - Casablanca - Tunis - Beirut - Damascus.
It's just to pick up passengers.
Either way, Damascus - Beirut is only 105 kilometers if you draw a straight line!
They are unbelievably close.
Flying time straight across would be less than 15 minutes, but the actual time is probably 30-40 minutes because they have to take a northerly arched route over the Cedars of Lebanon to avoid getting close to Israel.
Most people travel between Damascus and Beirut by bus or taxi because the distance is close and the buses and taxis are cheap.
This air taxi service will have to offer competitive prices....
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