Arriving at Aleppo International Airport: How Car Pickup Works

Can I pick up a rental car at Aleppo International Airport?

Yes. Pickup and delivery can be arranged at Aleppo International Airport. It is an arranged meeting rather than a counter you walk up to, so the useful work happens before you fly: send your flight number and landing time, and the meeting arrangement is agreed in advance.

This guide is about the arrival itself — what to send, what to expect, and what to do when the plan moves.

What to send before you fly

Message Auris on WhatsApp with five things. Each one removes a question that would otherwise be asked while you are standing in arrivals:

1. Dates — the rental start and end.

2. Flight number and landing time, in local time.

3. Passengers and bags — this decides whether a compact car is sensible or not.

4. Where you are going first — a hotel in the newer districts, a family address, an office.

5. Where you want to hand the car back — the airport before your return flight, or an agreed point in the city.

Also say which documents you will present. The published Auris condition for Syria is a Syrian licence plus ID, or a passport plus a foreign licence, with a minimum driver age of 25. Our documents guide covers it properly.

What happens when you land

The arrangement is planned around your flight, so the sequence is simple: clear the arrival formalities, collect your bags, then message the number you have been in contact with to say you are through. Meeting, paperwork and the handover happen at the agreed point.

Before you drive away, do the walk-around you would do anywhere: photograph the body panels, the wheels, the windscreen and the fuel gauge. Note the fuel level, and confirm the level expected at return. Two minutes here prevents the only argument that usually happens at the end of a rental.

If your flight is delayed

Send the new landing time as soon as you know it. That is the whole procedure. Because the arrangement is built around your flight rather than a fixed shift, the earlier the team hears, the easier it is to adjust.

If you are landing very late, or travelling with family after a long flight, say so. It may be simpler to be dropped at your accommodation and take the car in the city the next morning — which is a legitimate choice, not a fallback.

When city delivery beats an airport handover

Delivery can be arranged to a hotel, a home, an office, another agreed address, or the Sheraton Aleppo meeting point. How that works in practice is covered in how car delivery works in Aleppo.

Planning the return

Decide the return before you arrive, not on your last morning. Three options are worth asking about: back at Aleppo International Airport before your departing flight, at the point where you collected the car, or at a different agreed location in Aleppo.

If your departure is early, agree the time and the fuel expectation the day before. The published mileage allowance is 150 km per day and 3,500 km per month, with extra kilometres charged at $1 in Syria — worth checking against your plan if you drove to Hama, Homs or the coast during the trip.

How this compares with Damascus

Damascus has city offices and airport pickup at Damascus International Airport; Aleppo works from arranged pickup, delivery and the Sheraton Aleppo meeting point. The practical difference is that in Aleppo nothing is a walk-in — every handover is agreed first. Our comparison of airport pickup versus city collection explains the trade-off, and Aleppo versus Damascus as a pickup city covers choosing between them.

Start on the Aleppo airport car rental page. Confirm the pickup location, the return location and any applicable conditions when booking.