{"id":282970,"date":"2026-09-08T04:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/282970\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T04:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:52:09","slug":"syria-to-convert-mezzeh-air-base-into-business-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/282970\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria to convert Mezzeh air base into business airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syria&#8217;s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is planning to convert the military air base at Mezzeh into a civilian airport focused on executive and general aviation, complementing commercial operations at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/airports\/3984\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damascus<\/a>. Preliminary work has begun, including rubble removal and upgrades to air navigation systems, while authorities complete the technical and regulatory requirements needed for the airport&#8217;s reclassification.<\/p>\n<p>The project is intended to support the development of Syria&#8217;s civil aviation sector, with planning taking into account the surrounding urban area, noise levels, the nature and volume of air traffic, and any legal and community considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Syria&#8217;s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is planning to convert the military air base at Mezzeh into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[745,753,741,751,749,748,744,750,738,752,739,746,747,742,740,743,95],"class_list":["post-282970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-aircraft-orders","tag-alliances","tag-new-routes","tag-operator-acquisition","tag-operator-bankruptcies","tag-operator-bankruptcy","tag-operator-fleet-news","tag-operator-merger","tag-operator-news","tag-operator-partnership","tag-operator-route-network","tag-operator-start-up","tag-operator-start-ups","tag-route-cancellations","tag-route-network-changes","tag-strategic-fleet-developments","tag-syria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117233630874556972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}