By John Lee. A source at Mosul Airport has told Reuters: "Security forces closed Mosul airport without giving any reason. All flights are cancelled. "To begin with [the authorities] said there was information about a hijacked plane, and then they said it was closed for maintenance purposes, but there are no maintenance works." The closure […]
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Qatar Airways Launches 5th Iraqi Destination
Qatar Airways launched flights on Wednesday to its fifth destination in the Republic of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah, increasing the airline’s frequency across Iraq from 16 to 20 flights each week. The new services, which will operate four-times-a-week non-stop from the airline’s Doha hub, brings the carrier’s global network to 129 destinations worldwide. The Doha – Sulaymaniyah route […]
Travelport Opens Erbil Office
Travelport, a leading distribution services and e-commerce provider for the global travel industry, has continued its Middle East expansion with the opening of a new office in Erbil. The new commercial hub underlines the importance of Iraq as an important investment region for Travelport and now serves the travel agent community in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and […]
Tags: Rawat Al Hajer, Travelport
Anbar Completes Highway to Saudi Arabia
Anbar province recently announced its completion of a 12 billion Iraqi dinar ($10.3 million) highway project linking western Iraq to Saudi Arabia. Anbar province spokesman Mohammed Fathi Hantoush explained that the highway, called the Land Pilgrimage Road, is 230 kilometres long and links central Anbar to the Saudi border at Arar border crossing. Hantoush added […]
Kurdistan Opens Oil Trade Route Via Iran
According to The Express Tribune, Iraq’s Kurdistan region is exporting crude oil by truck to an Iranian port for shipping to Asia, using a trade route that is likely to anger both Baghdad and Washington. In a dispute largely over revenue sharing, Kurdistan’s crude exports through a pipeline controlled by the Iraqi central government, dried […]
Volvo Expects Biggest Growth in Iraq
By John Lee. Volvo Group Trucks is on track to grow by 30 percent in the Gulf region by 2015 on the back of a construction boom in Iraq and a strong economy in Saudi Arabia, according to a report from The National. Stefan Soenchen, business team director in Iraq, said: "The key markets are […]
Tags: Volvo, ZamZam Spring
Iraq to Receive Two Chinese Trains
By John Lee. Iraqi Railways is to receive two Chinese-build trains within the next two months. The trains are part of a ten-train, $115-million contract with China to develop railways sector. The handover of the remaining trains depends on the completion of the Baghdad-Basra-Umm Qasr railway line, which has been delayed due to lack of funds. […]
Turkey’s Doğuş Expands into Iraq
By John Lee. Hurriyet Daily News reports that Doğuş Otomotiv, the automotive arm of Turkey’s Doğuş Holding, has said it has reached an agreement with Volkswagen and Audi to establish a company in Iraq. Doğuş Otomotiv will own 100 percent of the company that will deal with distribution and after-sale services for Volkswagen and Audi […]
Russia, Iraq to Resume Direct Flights
By John Lee. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced that scheduled non-stop flights between Baghdad and Moscow will resume in August. Azzaman reports that the agreement comes amid reports that Iraq is keen to expand its traditional ties with Russia, which was the country’s main supplier of arms, adding that an arms deal, which was […]
Tags: air routes, Russia
Beechcraft Extends Deal with Iraq Air Force
This week at the Paris Air Show, Beechcraft Corporation announced the award of a 28-month contract extension for contractor logistics support for the Iraq Air Force King Air fleet, led by its Global Mission Support team. The Beechcraft Special Mission King Air 350ER platform was selected by the Iraq Air Force in 2006 and the […]
Tags: Air Force, Beechcraft
Volvo Trucks Inaugurates Iraqi Service Centres
By John Lee. Volvo Trucks has inaugurated joint service centres in the Iraq cities of Baghdad and Basra, reports Construction Week Online. The service centres, built in collaboration with local country distributor ZamZam Spring, will service trucks made by Volvo and Mack, part of the Volvo group. Stefan Soenchen, Iraq country manager of Volvo Trucks, […]
Japan to Lend $1.2bn to Iraq for Port, Refinery
By John Lee. Japan has offered a loans of about 120 billion yen ($1.24 billion) to Iraq to build a new refinery and rebuild a port. Nikkei reports that Japan will initially lend 82.7 billion yen to build a refinery to extract natural gas liquids at the Rumaila oil field, while a second loan of […]