On 17 August 2026, LEAV Aviation wrote aviation history: with an Airbus A320-200, the first-ever direct connection between Cologne/Bonn and Aleppo, the economic hub of northern Syria, took off. The roughly four-hour route will operate twice a week, on Mondays and Saturdays, closing a gap that had existed since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
BUILD ICONIC GLORY was there for this historic moment. Pierre Oborny, co-founder and Head of Media at BUILD ICONIC GLORY, accompanied the flight in person to capture it on camera for LEAV Aviation. For BUILD ICONIC GLORY, it is the natural continuation of its existing collaboration with LEAV Aviation, for which the agency had already worked on the brand presence and content concepts.
It is something different to experience a moment like this live rather than just report on it. For many people with Syrian roots in Germany, this connection means much more than just a new flight route. That is what we wanted to capture with our content.
Pierre Oborny, co-founder and Head of Media
The new route is part of a gradual return of air traffic between Germany and Syria following the country’s political transition at the end of 2024. Cologne/Bonn is thus the first German airport with a direct connection to Aleppo, a city of special importance to the large Syrian community in North Rhine-Westphalia.
With this project, BUILD ICONIC GLORY underlines its ambition not only to produce motorsport content, but also to be on site as a partner for brands like LEAV Aviation whenever something genuinely new is created.
