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By John Lee. A temporary licence has been granted to Canada's Air Transat to provide scheduled international air services between Canada and Iraq via code sharing. The licence is valid until 30th June 2028. According to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), the authority is classified as extra bilateral, as no existing agreement or arrangement between […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways is to resume direct flights to Iran from Thursday, according to the Ministry of Transport. The new schedule includes daily services between Najaf International Airport and the Iranian cities of Mashhad, Tehran, and Isfahan. (Source: Ministry of Transport)
By John Lee. Iraq completed 1,120 cross-border freight trips under the TIR transit system in September, with cargo moving from Turkey and Europe towards Gulf states and Jordan. According to the Ministry of Transport, the journeys were carried out by the General Company for Land Transport, a subsidiary of the ministry, and operated under formal […]
By John Lee. Iraq's national maritime carrier, Iraqi Line, is to resume commercial shipping operations in the Gulf after a halt of more than 50 years. The first sailing is scheduled to depart from Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates, bound for Umm Qasr port, on 15th October. According to Iraq's Ministry of […]
By John Lee. German airline Eurowings, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, is to begin four direct weekly flights to Baghdad from December 2026, operating two services from Berlin and two from Düsseldorf. According to Iraq's Ministry of Transport, this will mark the first return of German passenger carriers to Iraq since the early 1980s. […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Deep Dive: Iraq Caught in Middle as Trump Pursues 'Air Blockade' of Iran New US sanctions targeting more than two dozen Iranian airlines took effect on 23rd September, threatening any entity serving the […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways is preparing to resume flights to Iran in October, after a suspension that has been in place since March. The flights are expected to depart initially from Najaf International Airport, pending completion of the required regulatory and technical procedures. According to the Ministry of Transport, the airline has obtained a […]
By John Lee. Iraq and Syria have agreed a package of measures to streamline truck transit and border crossing procedures, including an expansion of the Rabia crossing and the introduction of dedicated lanes for commercial traffic. The agreements were reached at a joint videoconference meeting attended by the Director General of the General Company for […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Transport has held discussions with Huawei and Uruk Engineering Services in China on the potential adoption of smart port technologies and digital logistics solutions. A ministry delegation attended the Huawei Connect 2026 exhibition in Shanghai and made a field visit to Tianjin Port to observe its smart port and […]
By John Lee. Najaf International Airport is to reopen for Iranian flights within 24 hours, according to Iraq's ambassador to Iran, Yasser Abd al-Zahra al-Hajjaj. He told the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) that no government decision had been taken to halt flights with Iran, and that the suspension was caused by foreign ground-handling companies […]
By John Lee. A second meeting of the Iraq-Egypt Joint Technical Committee for the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on freight and passenger transport has taken place in Baghdad. The Iraqi side was led by Karim al-Jabri, Director General of the Technical Department at the Ministry of Transport, while the Egyptian side was […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has published a draft regulatory framework for licensing telecommunications services on non-terrestrial networks, including in-flight connectivity (air-to-ground, A2G), and opened it for public consultation. The draft aims to establish technical and regulatory standards for such services, covering efficient use of radio spectrum and compliance with approved […]
