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Syrian Pearl BAe 146-300 EC-JVO (José R. Valero)

Syrian Pearl, a joint venture of Cham Holding, Syrianair, Kuwaiti company Aqeeq Aviation, and several individual investors, is Syria's first private scheduled airline. Operations began on May 4, 2009 using a BAe 146-300 wet-leased from Spanish airline Orionair, with a second example following a week later. Initial services focus on domestic routes from Damascus, with three daily roundtrips to Aleppo and two daily roundtrips to Deir el-Zor and al-Qamishli, as well as a twice weekly roundtrip to Lattakia. Regional and international destinations will be added later.

Links: Syrian Pearl website