Fly Cham
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. (September 2025) |
 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Founded | May 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commenced operations | 11 June 2025 | ||||||
| Hubs | Damascus International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Aleppo International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Abu Dhabi, Dubai | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria | ||||||
| Website | flycham | ||||||
Fly Cham (Arabic: فلاي شام, romanized: Falāy Shām, also known as Fly Sham), is a Syrian airline, with its head office located in Damascus, Syria.
History
[edit]It is a United Arab Emirates-backed company, founded in May 2025[1] as part of the joint investment initiative between Syria and the UAE.[2]
On 11 June 2025, Fly Sham Airlines launched its inaugural flight from Damascus International Airport to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[3]
On 6 September 2025, flights to and from its first Turkish airport of Cukurova International Airport was launched. Initially planned for Tuesdays and Saturdays, flights from Damascus are available every Wednesday and Saturday and flights from Mersin to Damascus are available every Wednesday and Sunday.[4] While its official website also lists Istanbul Airport amongst its destinations, no scheduled flights are available as of September 2025.
Destinations
[edit]Fly Cham operates the following services (as of 2025):[5]
Fleet
[edit]The Fly Cham Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of June 2025):
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes/sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200[1] | 4 | — | 8 | 156 | 164 | |
| Total | 4 | — | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "شراكة إماراتية– سورية.. إطلاق شركة "فلاي شام" للطيران". CNBC Arabia (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "UAE-backed Fly Cham to launch in Syria; US to end sanctions". Ch-aviation.com. 11 June 2025.
- ^ "انطلاق أولى رحلات "فلاي شام" للطيران من دمشق إلى أبو ظبي". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Cukurova Havalimanı'nın Yeni Konuğu Fly Cham Havayolları Oldu/" (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Destinations - Fly Cham
- ^ a b Liu, Jim (17 October 2025). "Fly Cham Adds Aleppo – Yerevan in 4Q25". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Flights to Kuwait – Cham Wings". Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Çukurova Uluslararası Havalimanı ile Şam arasında direkt uçuşlar başladı" (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Liu, Jim (18 September 2025). "Fly Cham Begins Damascus – Mersin Service From Sep 2025". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
