Iraq's Transport Minister said that the ministry is trying to accelerate the delivery of 55 new aircraft from Boeing as the country expands operations of its state-controlled Iraqi Airways.
Iraqi Airways seeks speeding up Boeing delivery
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Two New Desalination Plants at Basra Ports
Two contracts were signed on Wednesday with a local company to establish desalination plants in Umm Qasr and Khour al-Zubeir ports
Erbil's New Airport: a Week's Work in a Day
By Aiyob Mawloodi Erbil's new international airport is expected to shoulder a heavy load in the development of the city, the region, and the country. The General Manager of Erbil's new airport, Mr. Stafford Clarry, announced in a press conference on Wednesday, March 24, that the new Erbil International Airport has started flights as a […]
Compressors for Basra
The project to install and operate central air compressors at the shipyard of the Iraqi Ports Company in Basra has been completed. “The compressors are of the reciprocating type,” Anmar al-Safi, the company’s media director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Thursday. He said that the project was executed by the company’s technical staff. ( […]
Tags: Basra News, Transportation
$25m for Paving Roads in Karbala
The Karbala Provincial Council has allocated around ID 30 billion (approx. $25m) to pave a number of roads in the province, a local official said on Wednesday. “The total length of the roads is 100 km,” Abbass Nasser Hassani, member of the council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the roads are located […]
Tags: Karbala, Transportation
Iraq, Syria Rail Co-operation
The Iraqi minister of transportation has discussed with the Syrian prime minister means of boosting cooperation in the transportation sector, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said on Wednesday. “The two officials discussed in the Syrian capital Damascus means of developing the work of the Iraqi-Syrian Land Transportation Company and facilitating procedures for the transportation […]
Tags: Baghdad, Transportation
Sand Freight Fees
A committee has been formed in Karbala on Wednesday to specify fees for sand transportation from the province to other places in Iraq. “The process aims at increasing Karbala revenues in 2010,” Tareq al-Kheqani, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the new revenues will be devoted […]
Tags: Karbala, Transportation
1 Killed, 11 Wounded in Road Accident in Kirkuk
A woman was killed and 11 others injured in a collision of four civilian vehicles south of Kirkuk city on Sunday, a security official said. “Three civilian vehicles collided and a fourth one overturned on the main road linking Taza district to Daqquq district, (35 km) south of Kirkuk, leaving one woman killed and 11 […]
Tags: road accident, Transportation
Iraq Pushes Boeing for New Aircraft
Iraq's ministry of transport is pressing Boeing to pull forward its scheduled to deliver of 55 new aircraft the state-owned Iraqi Airways. The fleet of 55 new Boeing 737s, 777s and 787s are not due to arrive until 2013, but they are hoping to get some delivered this year. Currently the airline owns just four […]
Tags: Aircraft
Kuwait Airways Welcomes Meeting
Kuwait Airways welcomed meetings with Iraqi Airways' officials Tuesday, categorically denying any prior knowledge of an ongoing visit by an Iraqi delegation to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti national carrier made the welcome in a press release to KUNA to comment on a recent local news report suggesting that its officials had declined to meet their Iraqi […]
New Super-Port and Rail Link to Rival Suez Canal
Reuters reports that Iraq will next month invite foreign firms to submit bids for the planned construction of a $6 billion port south of Basra, which together with a new rail system will create a regional transport conduit to rival the Suez Canal. Iraq is also seeking investors to build 8,000 km (4,970 miles) of […]
Tags: Transportation
Minister Calls on Dutch Companies to Invest in Iraq
The Minister for Transport Amer Abdul-Jabbar Ismail received the Dutch ambassador to Iraq, Peter van Levin, on Sunday. During the meeting, the two reviewed ways of developing cooperation between the two countries. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport, the Minister called for Dutch companies to invest in the transport sector in […]
Tags: Transportation