Moscow: A Syrian Airlines passenger plane arrived in Moscow from Damascus on Sunday, marking the first flight between the two capitals in more than 1.5 years. The Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Syrian Airlines departed Damascus International Airport at 2:14 a.m. local time and landed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport at 6:44 a.m., according to flight data. The aircraft returned to Damascus later the same day. According to TRTworld.com, flights between Damascus and Moscow were suspended in December 2024 amid the political situation in Syria and are now expected to operate every Sunday. Aviation sources said the inaugural flight was almost full. The aircraft flew through the airspace of Trkiye, Armenia, and Azerbaijan on its way to Moscow. Before the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syrian Airlines operated a weekly round-trip service between Damascus and Moscow, avoiding Turkish airspace because of Ankara's ban on Syrian flights.