FlyDamas Airlines () was a

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n airline based at

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. Using a single

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aircraft, it operated scheduled flights to Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Sudan.

History

FlyDamas had planned to launch flights on 1 April and 1 November 2015; however, this did not occur. The airline operated its first flight on 10 December 2015 between

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and

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."Syria's FlyDamas commences revenue operations"
''Ch-aviation''. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016. Although it was planning flights to many destinations, FlyDamas initially only operated flights to Qamishli. For this reason, the airline may be affiliated with the Syrian government and may have been transporting supplies to the city for the

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.Banco, Erin (14 December 2015)
"Syria’s Newest Airline Flies To Embattled President Bashar Assad’s Last Stronghold In The North"
''International Business Times''. Retrieved 15 January 2016. FlyDamas began flights to various countries in the Middle East and Africa, using a

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leased from Alexandria Airlines. However in November 2016 they acquired their own

. In August 2017, FlyDamas began to lease a freighter

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from Mid Africa Aviation for dedicated cargo. As of January 2021, the airline suspended operations with plans to resume its services.ch-aviation.com - FlyDamas
retrieved 27 January 2021

Corporate affairs

FlyDamas was owned by Ammar A-Kadri and managed by Samer Al-Dehni, former commercial director of Cham Wings Airlines. He says the goal of FlyDamas was to lend support to its "mother company",

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, which is under sanctions amid the Syrian Civil War.

Destinations

FlyDamas flies to the following destinations as of November 2016:

Fleet

The FlyDamas fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2017: FlyDamas has also operated the following aircraft:

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