Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraq transportation news relating to developments and opportunities.
By Wassim Bassem for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On Feb. 18, the bodyguards of national security adviser Faleh al-Fayad beat up a group of journalists and media workers in the Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies when they refused to leave the conference Fayad […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways will commence its Baghdad-Yerevan-Erbil flights today, Thursday 26th February. Flights to Armenia will run twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays, using CRJ900 and Boeing 737 aircraft. (Source: PanARMENIAN.Net)
By John Lee. Iraqi Airways is to fly direct from Manchester Airport, it has been announced. Starting on Sunday, 15 March 2015, the airline will commence weekly flights to Sulaymaniyah at 22:00, with flights to Erbil departing on Wednesdays at 22:00. Both routes will be operated by a new Boeing 737-800 with capacity for 162 […]
By John Lee. Militants from the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) have bombed the Kirkuk railway on Saturday evening, in an attempt to prevent Peshmerga forces from attacking the area. A Peshmerga source in the area told BasNews that the jihadists laid waste to a section of the railway near Maktab Khalid, and blew up […]
By John Lee. Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) announced on Thursday that its operations at the Port of Umm Qasr are now fully operational. BGT chief executive Phillip Marsham said in a statement: “We are attracting plenty of interest from container lines and have enjoyed a good pace of cargo buildup since we opened the doors […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Transport Minister Baqr Jabr Al-Zubeidi (pictured) has said that Iraq is considering seeking foreign investors to fund the multi-billion-dollar Grand Faw [Grand Fao] port project. Emirates 24/7 quotes the Minister as saying that the transport ministry is unable to execute the $6-billion (7-trillion-Iraqi-dinar) project, and is considering awarding the project "on […]
By John Lee. Several airlines have suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit an airplane as it was landing at Baghdad International Airport. Reuters reports that two passengers were slightly injured when three or four bullets hit the body of a flydubai plane carrying 154 passengers on Monday evening. It was not known […]
By John Lee. Kuwait's Al-Nasriyah Company has signed an agreement to build a new airport in Diwaniya. The $1.35-billion airport will be operated by the company under the 45-year contract. Following the signing ceremony, the Governor of Diwaniya, Ammar Al-Madani, said the airport will cover an area of seven dunams (roughly 17,500 sq. m.) in […]
By John Lee. Iraq Duty Free has reported a 16 percent increase in sales in 2014, despite the security crisis that forced the operation’s closure between June and September. The company, which operates the duty free business at Baghdad International Airport, attributed the growth to "renovation of points of sales, increased retail space and modern […]
By Patrick Schmidt. Atlasjet, a Turkish airline, recently announced that it would be unable to fly to destinations in Iraq. This issue began January 1 and is still ongoing. The airline currently flies to the cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. Some of the company leadership has travelled to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi officials about […]
By Patrick Schmidt. After a meeting between Iraqi and Iranian officials, an agreement has been reached to connect the two countries’ rail systems. The project calls for Iraq to lay 32 kilometers of track to the city of Basra from the Iranian border. Iranian officials claim that the link would allow Iraqis access to Central […]
By John Lee. A total of 12 foreign firms are reported to be bidding for the operation of the first civilian airport in Dhi Qar province. The governor of Dhi Qar, Yeha Al Nasiri, said on Sunday that the contract to run the new airport in Nasiriyah would be awarded within the next three months. […]
