First Kuwait Route to Aleppo
Aleppo International Airport received the first flight of a Kuwaiti carrier arriving from Kuwait International Airport on 25 June 2026. The service marks a new direct link between Aleppo and the Gulf and widens the airport's regional connections.
The inbound flight carried 148 passengers, the first to travel on the newly opened route between the two cities. The arrival reflects a broader expansion of air movement between Syria and Kuwait.
Two Flights Rising to Three
The carrier will begin with two flights a week to Aleppo in the current phase, with the number set to rise to three weekly flights as the service settles in.
Officials described the launch as part of a plan to expand the destinations served from and to Aleppo and to attract more Arab and international airlines to the airport.
Reopening Northern Skies
The new line is intended to broaden travel options for passengers in northern Syria and to lift the volume of air traffic through the city after years of limited service. Officials cast the route as one step in a longer effort to rebuild the airport's schedule.
Adding regular routes that connect Aleppo to regional cities is a stated priority for the authorities overseeing civil aviation, who say the work falls within a plan to develop air-transport services.
Economic and Tourism Aims
Restoring scheduled air links is presented as a way to stimulate economic and tourism activity around Aleppo, long a leading commercial and industrial center in northern Syria. Regular passenger traffic is treated as a marker of returning normal movement.
Wider connectivity is also expected to ease travel for business passengers and for members of the diaspora seeking direct access to the city, while leaving room for further carriers to add their own routes.