Aleppo International Airport
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Aleppo International Airport is an international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...

 airport serving Aleppo
Aleppo
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant...

, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

. The airport serves as a secondary hub for Syrian Arab Airlines
Syrian Arab Airlines
Syrian Arab Airlines , operating as Syrian Air , is the flag carrier airline of Syria. It operates scheduled international services to over 40 destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa, as well as domestic services. Its main base is Damascus International Airport. Syrian Air has a fleet of...

.The history of the airport dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. It was upgraded and developed within the years until 1999 when the new current terminal was inaugurated.

Terminal

Aleppo International Airport has a modern terminal which combines a modern and Islamic architecture. The total area is 38,000 square meters over four floors. The airport capacity is 1.7 million passengers a year.

The Terminal provides many services and utilities for operated airlines and passengers through banking, healthful, postal, touristic, information offices in addition to duty free shop and other utilities, it is also equipped by announcement flights monitors and public address.

Aleppo Intl. airport terminal was equipped by four modern aerobridges supplied by four transit gates equipped by modern security check systems in addition to the four ground gates.

Terminal Floors

  • Basement: mosque, stores, toilets and other utilities.
  • Ground floor: attendant's hall, arrival hall, departure hall, four ground gates, VIP chambers and airport officers' office.
  • 1st floor: transit hall, four aerobridge gates, dutyfree shops, AIS office, nursery, restaurants, Airlines' wing and airport department offices .
  • 2nd floor: restaurants, shops, attendants' veranda
  • Terminal outer yard is dedicated for parking.

Terminal public utilities

  • Information office.
  • Tourist information office.
  • Postal office.
  • Communication office.
  • Insurance office.
  • Syrian Arab Airlines
    Syrian Arab Airlines
    Syrian Arab Airlines , operating as Syrian Air , is the flag carrier airline of Syria. It operates scheduled international services to over 40 destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa, as well as domestic services. Its main base is Damascus International Airport. Syrian Air has a fleet of...

     reservation and customer service office.
  • automated teller machine
    Automated teller machine
    An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...

    s.
  • Exchange offices.
  • Syriatel
    Syriatel
    Syriatel Mobile Telecom PLCfounded in Nov 2001Capital: SYP 3.350 billionCommon shares: 134 millionStock Par value: SYP25 Syriatel leads the Syrian mobile telecommunication market since 2000, Syriatel believes that the first responsibility is to offer the customers a wide array of high quality...

     mobile network customer service office.
  • Duty Free.
  • Dispensary.
  • Nursery.
  • Restaurants and cafeterias.
  • Various shops.

Historical Highlights

  • In 1918 KLM airline achieved the first KLM flight to the Far East
    Far East
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     via Aleppo airport.
  • In 1930 Amy Johnson
    Amy Johnson
    Amy Johnson CBE, was a pioneering English aviator. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s...

     achieved the first worldwide flight piloted by a woman from London
    London
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     to Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

     via Aleppo airport where she was gladly received.

Airlines and destinations

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