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Duhok Province said that it sealed a contract with Lebanese Dar Al Handasah to build an international airport in the province with a cost of 5 million dollars. The source said that it expects works to start at the end of next year. Another source said that the airport will help in developing the economy, […]
The political adviser of the outgoing Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki said on Wednesday that the Iraqi government had decided to grant the Minister of Transport, Amer Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, 'compulsory leave' for one month, because of his poor management of the Ministry. "The Minister's compulsory leave for a month carries a lot of meanings," said Ali […]
CT Business Travel will be the first UK travel management company to open offices in Iraq. It will organise business travel to Iraq and provide local support to help minimise the risk to UK companies who are involved in re-building and improving Iraq's infrastructure. Corporate travel specialists CT Business Travel has operated a number of […]
There are obstacles that curb the execution of the Karbala-Anbar railroad, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council said on Monday. “The railroad passes through an archeological site between the two provinces,” Hussein Shadahan told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He added that the Iraqi Transportation Ministry originally approved the project around four months ago. (Source: […]
Following the opening of a representative office in Baghdad, with branches in Zakho and Basrah, SDV has become the first European logistics group to be based in Iraq. This confirms SDV’s continuous commitment to this market for over 12 years. The reconstruction of infrastructures (oil & gas, water supply, sanitation,…), which cater for the country’s […]
Flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, has announced flights to destination number 22, Erbil in Iraq. Flights to Iraq's third largest city and capital of the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq, will start on Friday, July 16. Flydubai's CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith, said, "Erbil is reinventing itself and undergoing an economic boom with new hotels, […]
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Reuters reports that Iraq's city of Najaf has awarded a Canadian company a $600 million contract to build the country's first monorail. Anwar al-Haboobi, a member of the Najaf investment committee, told Reuters the project will be only the second of its kind in the Middle East after Dubai. The contract was awarded to TransGlobim […]
A German company is interested in providing heavy equipment to Iraqi ports, in cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company, an official source at the company said on Monday, according to a report from AK News. "The German company Damij Cransing (sic) is seeking to invest ... in direct cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company and […]
(Source: Emirates Business) Emirates has postponed the launch of its Baghdad route until later in the year citing operational reasons, according to an airline spokesperson. The airline was scheduled to launch a thrice-weekly service to the Iraqi capital from 1st July, 2010. "Due to operational reasons, Emirates has temporarily postponed the July 1 Baghdad route […]
A tender is to be floated by Iraq's transport ministry in the fourth quarter of 2011 for the main construction contract of the estimated $6bn Grand Faw Port in Basrah province, Meed has reported. The Grand Faw port is designed to include 7,000 metres of dock for container ships and an additional 3,500 metres of […]
(Source: Eye media company) Judge Hassan Mahmood, Ninawa's second deputy governor, discussed procedures for building a new airport in Sahajee district west of Mosul, with representatives of investment body, agriculture, real-estate, electricity and environment departments. The judge ordered the agriculture department to work on breaking agriculture reclamation contracts, and on completing compulsory purchase orders, which […]
