Syria begins flights to Tunisia

Syria’s only private air carrier Cham Wings Airlines flew to Tunisia on Thursday for the first time, adding another destination to its growing network, Almasdarnews reports. “The first tourist flight to Tunisia has taken off,” the airline announced in a Twitter post, which featured a cockpit-view video from the runway. The flight carried 150 passengers to Monastir on Tunisia’s northern coast, Syria’s state news agency SANA said. It cited the airline’s development director, Osama Satea, as saying that regular flights would be scheduled based on demand, the same soure added The company was set up in Damascus eleven…